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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...

In August, industrial production decreased in 6 of the 14 areas surveyed October 07, 2008

From July to August, the seasonally adjusted industrial production indexes by area decreased in...

National Index of Construction increased by 1.30% in September October 07, 2008

Result was similar to the one of August (1.28%) and the national cost of construction increased to R$...

IBGE starts data collection for PNAD 2008 October 06, 2008

The data collection for the National Household Sample Survey – PNAD 2008 will start this week, in...

Industrial production decreased by 1.3% in August October 02, 2008

In August 2008, the industrial production decreased by 1.3% compared to July, in the series...

In August, unemployment rate was 7.6% September 25, 2008

In the comparison with July (8.1%), the unemployment rate decreased by 0.5 percentage points while in...

In Q2 2008, 7.6 million cattle head were slaughtered September 25, 2008

In the same period, 1.2 billion chickens and 7.3 hogs and pigs were slaughtered. The...

SIS: Education progresses, but still has challenges to face September 24, 2008

The Summary of Social Indicators 2007 –An Analysis of the Brazilian Population Life Conditions...

IPCA-15 of September was 0.26%, and IPCA-E closed the quarter with 1.24% September 24, 2008

The Extended National Consumer Price Index -15 (IPCA-15) increased in the month of September by...

More than 50% of the workers contribute to social security September 18, 2008

This percentage (50.7%) was obtained for the first time since the last decade, due to the increase in the...

In July, trade sales fell by 0.2% and nominal revenue increased by 0.5% September 16, 2008

In July, the volume of sales of retail trade interrupted a series of four months with increasing...

GDP grows 1.6% compared to Q1 2008 September 10, 2008

In the second quarter of 2008, GDP at current prices reached R$ 716.9 billion. In the second...

In July, industrial employment increased by 0.7% September 09, 2008

In the seasonally adjusted month/previous month comparison, the rate was only below that of May...

In August, IBGE estimates increase of 9% for the 2008 grain harvest September 08, 2008

The forecast of harvest (145.1 million metric tons) for 2008 is 9.0% higher than in 2007 and...

IPCA of August was 0.28% September 05, 2008

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of August changed by 0.28%, 0.25 percentage...

National Index of Construction was 1.28% in August September 05, 2008

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

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