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IBGE releases original study on ICT sector in the country April 03, 2009

In 2006, the 65,754 Brazilian companies which belong to the sector of Information and...

IBGE releases free service for GPS users April 02, 2009

IBGE - The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics makes available on its web site...

From January to February, industrial production increased 1.8% April 01, 2009

In February 2009, the industrial production increased 1.8% compared to the result in February, in...

Unemployment rate was 8.5% in February March 26, 2009

The unemployment rate of February was 0.3 percentage points above the figure in January (8.2%) and...

Cattle slaughter closes the year with a fall of 6.6% March 26, 2009

In 2008, cattle slaughter fell by 6.6% in relation to 2007, accounting for 28.691 million head. On the...

In March, IPCA-15 is 0.11% and IPCA-E starts 2009 at 1.14% March 25, 2009

With change of 0.11% in March, the Extended Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) was significantly below the...

IBGE conducts previously unseen survey about students’ health conditions March 23, 2009

Do Brazilian students have health eating habits? Do they exercise? Smoke? Sinxce when? Have they...

In January, retail sales increased 1.4% and nominal revenue, 2.1% March 13, 2009

Both rates refer to December (seasonally adjusted series). Compared to January 2008, volume of...

From December to January 2009, employment in industry fell 1.3% March 12, 2009

It was the fourth consecutive decrease in the month/previous month comparison, in the series...

National Index of Construction: 32% in February March 11, 2009

In February, the National Index of Construction (SINAPI), calculated by IBGE in partnership with...

In February, IPCA was 0.55% March 11, 2009

The National Consumer Price Index – IPCA of February changed by 0.55% and was 0.07 percentage...

In January, industrial production increased in 8 among 14 surveyed areas March 10, 2009

Between December / 2008 and January / 2009, the indexes by areas of industrial production...

In 2008, GDP increased by 5.1% and reached R$ 2.9 trillion March 10, 2009

In relation to Q3, 2008, GDP decreased by 3.6%, the major decrease of the series which began in...

In 2009, grain harvest is expected to reach 135.3 million metric tons March 09, 2009

The production of cereals, legumes and oilseeds is expected to be 7.3% lower than in the previous year...

From December to January, industrial production increased by 2.3% March 06, 2009

In January 2009, the industrial production increased by 2.3% compared to December 2008, in the...

In January, unemployment was 8.2% February 20, 2009

The unemployment rate increased by 1.4 percentage points from December 2008 to January 2009...

IPCA-15: 0.63 % in February February 20, 2009

The index was 0.23 percentage points above the January figure (0.40%), having accumulated 1.03% in...

In December, volume of sales changed by -0.3% and revenue, by -0.6% February 17, 2009

For the third consecutive month, retail trade faced decrease, with rates of -0.3% for volume of...

In December, industrial employment decreased by 1.8% February 09, 2009

It was the biggest decrease compared to the immediately previous month (with seasonal adjustment)...

National index of construction changed by 0.39% in January February 06, 2009

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

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