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In Q3, 2008, cattle slaughter fell by 6.3% in relation to Q2 December 18, 2008

In Q3, 2008, 7.142 million cattle herd were slaughtered, which represented a decrease... In Q3,...

Value of agricultural production increases by 17.8% from 2006 to 2007 December 17, 2008

Being mainly affected by the increase of the harvests of soybeans, sugarcane and corn, the value...

In 2006, five municipalities held 25% of the wealth in the country December 16, 2008

The contributions of São Paulo (11,.9%), Rio de Janeiro (5.4%), Brasília (3.8%), Belo Horizonte...

In October, volume of sales changed by -0.3% and revenue by 0.1% December 16, 2008

After seven consecutive months of growth, in October, the retail trade of the Country registered a...

More than 90% of the municipalities had environmental problems December 12, 2008

The seventh edition of the Survey of Municipal Information (Munic), which researched, besides the...

Industrial employment decreased by -0.2% in October December 10, 2008

The rate broke a stability observed since August /08, in the comparison month/ immediately...

In November, the National Index of Construction increased by 0.81% December 09, 2008

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

In Q3, GDP increased by 1.8 % in relation to Q2 December 09, 2008

The GDP 1 at market prices recorded hike of 6.8% in the third quarter of 2008, in relation to the...

In November, IBGE estimates increase of 9.4% in the 2008 harvest of grains December 08, 2008

In November, the 11th estimate of the national harvest of grains 1 for 2008, based on the...

In October, industrial production decreased in 10 among 14 areas surveyed December 05, 2008

The index month/ immediately previous month (already seasonally adjusted) recorded the most...

In November, Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) increased by 0.36 % December 05, 2008

The index was 0.09 percentage points lower than in October (0.45%) and close to the result...

In 2007, there was one separation in each four marriages December 04, 2008

In 2007, although there were 916,006 marriages in Brazil, 2.9% more than in 2006 (889,828), the...

Industrial production decreased by 1.7% in October December 02, 2008

In October 2008, the industrial production decreased by 1.7% compared to September, month in which it...

In 2007, expectation of life at birth was 72.57 years in Brazil December 01, 2008

Between 1991 and 2007, the expectation of life at birth in Brazil increased by 5 years, 6 months...

Almost half of salaried workers worked in new enterprises in 2006 November 28, 2008

The number of active enterprises in the Central Register of Enterprises - CEMPRE had a continuous...

IBGE: Brazilian population aging is in an accelerated rhythm and will stop increasing in 30 years November 27, 2008

Since the 1960’s the growing rate of the Brazilian population has been recording constant...

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...

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