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Total cattle herd increases after two years of reduction November 19, 2009

The total cattle herd in 2008 was 202.287 million heads, the first positive result after two years...

IBGE releases Regional Accounts 2007 November 18, 2009

Since 1995, eight states (SP, RJ, MG, RS, PR, BA, SC and DF) have maintained leadership in the...

In September, retail sales changed by 0.3%, and revenue, by 0.2% November 13, 2009

Both rates were determined with reference to August, in the seasonally adjusted series. In this...

IPCA of October was 0.28% November 11, 2009

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of October presented a change of 0.28%, being...

National Index of Civil Construction changes by 0.33% in October November 11, 2009

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), calculated by IBGE in partnership with CAIXA,...

Industrial employment increased 0.4% in September November 10, 2009

The rate remained positive for the third consecutive month, in the seasonally adjusted series....

Industrial production increases in 12 of the 14 surveyed areas in September November 06, 2009

In September 2009, Brazilian industrial production increased by 0.8% in relation to August, with 12...

In 2010, grain harvest is expected to increase by 3.8% November 05, 2009

In October IBGE made the first prognosis of area and production for the 2010 harvest, in the...

In 2007, GDP reached R$ 2.7 trillion and increased by 6.1% November 04, 2009

The growth rate compared to 2006 (6.1%) was due to the positive performance of Services (6.1%),...

Industrial production increased 0.8% between August and September November 03, 2009

In September, industrial production in Brazil increased 0.8% compared to the result in the...

IPCA-15 of October is 0.18% October 23, 2009

The index was similar to that of September (0.19%), accumulating 3.34% in the year and 4.14% in...

In September, unemployment was 7.7% October 22, 2009

The unemployment rate of September, estimated by the Monthly Employment Survey (PME)1, was 0.4...

Value of agricultural production increases by 27.3% between 2007 and 2008 October 16, 2009

The value of agricultural production increased by 27.3% in 2008 compared to 2007, influenced...

In August, retail trade sales increased by 0.7%, and revenue, by 0.8% October 15, 2009

Both rates came from the seasonally adjusted series, which presents four months of increase. In...

SIS 2009: in ten years, percentage of families living on up to half a minimum wage per capita decreases from 32.4% to 22.6% October 09, 2009

The number of families with household income per capita of up to ½ a minimum wage fell from 32.4%...

Industrial employment changes by 0.3% in August October 08, 2009

The rate represented the second consecutive positive evolution in the month/immediately previous month...

National Index of Civil Construction changes by 0.20% in September October 08, 2009

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), calculated by IBGE in partnership with Caixa...

IPCA of September was 0.24% October 08, 2009

The National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of September presented a variation of 0.24% and was 0.09...

Grain harvest expected to decrease 8.1%, according to September estimate October 07, 2009

The national output of cereal, legumes and oilseeds in 2009 is expected to be 134.1 million metric tons1,...

Industrial production increases in seven of the 14 surveyed areas, in August October 06, 2009

Between July and August of this year, in the seasonally-adjusted series, among the seven areas...

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