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IBGE and the Ministry of Health are granted an international prize for tobacco survey March 31, 2010

The minister of Health, José Gomes Temporão, and the president of IBGE, Eduardo Pereira Nunes,...

From 2003 to 2008, the percentage of women who had already undergone a mammogram increased from 42.5% to 54.8% March 31, 2010

The PNAD 2008 Health Supplement, conducted by IBGE in partnership with the Ministry of Health,...

Cattle slaughter closes 2009 with a decrease of 2.5% in relation to 2008 March 30, 2010

In 2009, 27.975 million cattle heads were slaughtered, a number 2.5% lower than that of 2008....

In February, unemployment was 7.4% March 25, 2010

The unemployment rate was stable in relation to January (7.2%) and decreased 1.1 percentage point...

IPCA-15 of March was 0.55%, and IPCA-E closed the quarter at 2.02% March 23, 2010

The Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) had a variation of 0.55% in March, a rate...

Employment in industry changes 0.3% in January 2010 March 12, 2010

In the first month of the year, employment changed 0.3% compared to the figure in December 2009,...

In January, volume of retail trade sales increased 2.7% and nominal revenue rose 3% March 11, 2010

Retail trade in the country started 2010 with increases of 2.7% in volume of Sales and 3.0% in...

In 2009, GDP changed -0.2% and was R$ 3,143 billion March 11, 2010

In relation to the third quarter of 2009, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)1 at market prices of...

In January, industry increases in 13 of the 14 surveyed places March 10, 2010

From last December to January 2010, in the seasonally adjusted series, the greatest advances...

In February, IBGE estimates grain harvest 8.5% larger than that of 2009 March 09, 2010

The national harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds1 must amount 145.1 million tons in 2010,...

IBGE releases information about women in the job market March 08, 2010

The participation of women in the job market, their age and educational profile, the number of...

IPCA of February was 0.78% March 05, 2010

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of February presented a variation of 0.78%, a...

National Index of Construction was 0.43% in February March 05, 2010

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

Industrial production increases 1.1% from December to January March 04, 2010

The increase of production between December and January was based on the expansion of 14 among the...

IBGE releases new edition of the Technical Manual of Geomorphology March 02, 2010

IBGE releases today the second edition of the Technical Manual of Geomorphology. The Manual, used...

In January, unemployment was 7.2% February 25, 2010

The employed population (21.6 million people), in the aggregate of the six investigated...

IPCA-15 of February was 0.94% February 23, 2010

The Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) had a variation of 0.94% in February, a...

In December, volume of sales and revenue changed by -0.4% February 23, 2010

The Retail trade in the country recorded, in December/09, in the seasonally adjusted relation...

In January, IBGE estimates a grain harvest 7.2% larger than that of 2009 February 09, 2010

The national harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds is expected to be 143.4 million metric tons...

In December, industrial employment decreased by 0.6% February 09, 2010

In December 2009, the industrial sector reduced the number of employed persons by 0.6%, in...

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