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Cattle herd decreases 3.0% in the country and 5.0% November 26, 2008

The total cattle herd in Brazil decreased 3.0% between 2006 and 2007, changing from 205,886,244 to...

Extraction of native wood decreased in 2007, but recorded a value of 16.4 million m3 November 26, 2008

The production of silviculture 1 and of vegetal extraction 2 totaled R$ 12.1 billion in 2007. The...

IPCA-15 of November increased by 0.49% November 26, 2008

The Extended National Consumer Price Index - 15 (IPCA-15) increased by 0.49% in November, a rate...

In October, unemployment was stable (7.5%) and income decreased November 19, 2008

The unemployment rate 1 in the six metropolitan areas 2 , surveyed by the Monthly Employment...

In September, in retail trade, sales increased by 1.2% and nominal revenue by 1.3% November 18, 2008

In September, retail trade reached another positive result: in the comparison with August,...

IBGE releases the Regional Accounts 2003 - 2006 November 14, 2008

Almost 80% of the Brazilian GDP came from only 8 among 27 Federative Units: SP, RJ, MG, RS, PR,...

Industrial employment changed by 0.1% in September November 10, 2008

For the second consecutive month, the rate remained stable (0.1%), from August to September, not...

IPCA of October increased by 0.45% November 07, 2008

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of October increased by 0.45%, 0.19 percentage...

Grain harvest expected to fall by 3.3% in 2009 November 06, 2008

IBGE conducted, in October, the first estimate of production and area for the 2009 harvest, in the...

GDP increased by 4.0% and reached R$ 2.37 trillion in 2006 November 05, 2008

After the increase of 3.2% of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in 2005, the Brazilian economy...

National Index of Construction increased by 0.95% in October November 05, 2008

(See the release in Portuguese) O Índice Nacional da Construção Civil (Sinapi), calculado pelo...

Industrial production increased by 1.7% in September November 04, 2008

Hike compensated the decrease of August (-1.2%), in the series with seasonal adjustment. The...

In 2006, there were 5.7 million formal companies in the country October 24, 2008

In 2006, according to IBGE’s Central Register of Enterprises, there were 5.7 million enterprises...

IPCA-15 of October was 0.30% October 23, 2008

The Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) changed by 0.30% in October, and was...

Unemployment rate was 7.6% in September October 23, 2008

The unemployment rate 1 was stable in September (7.6%), compared to the result in August (7.6%),...

Retail trade: sales increase by 1.1%, and nominal revenue, by 1.2% in August October 15, 2008

In August, the volume of sales of retail trade increased by 1.1% and nominal revenue, by 1.2%,...

Industrial employment changed by -0.1% in August October 10, 2008

The rate remained virtually stable from July to August, in the seasonally adjusted series. In the...

IBGE shows new dynamics of Brazilian urban network October 10, 2008

There are, in Brazil, twelve big influence networks which connect even municipalities located in...

In September, IBGE estimates grain harvest increase of 9.1% for 2008 October 08, 2008

In September, the estimated national harvest of cereal, legumes and oilseeds is about 145.3...

In September, IPCA was 0.26% October 08, 2008

The index was slightly lower than in August (0.28%) and higher than in September 2007 (0.18%). The...

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