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Unemployment rate in December was 7.4% January 24, 2008

The December rate was the lowest one in all the IBGE’s Monthly Employment Series, which started in March...

Quality of employment in the country has improved in the last four years January 24, 2008

A comparative study of the new series of the Monthly Employment Survey, which has been conducted...

In November, volume and revenue of trade sales increased 1.6% January 16, 2008

In comparison with the previous month, in November, both indicators had the same percentage of...

Employment in industry changes by 0.3% in November January 14, 2008

The rate is the fifth consecutive one in the month-on-month comparison, with cumulative increase...

National Index of Construction increased 0.76% in December and 6.08% in 2007 January 11, 2008

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

IPCA changes by 0.74% in December and closes the year at 4.46% January 11, 2008

Affected by food prices, the National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of December changed by 0.74%,...

In November 2007, industrial production fell in 7 among 14 surveyed areas January 10, 2008

In the comparison with October, the more pronounced decrease occurred in Paraná (-9.1%), which had...

In 2008, harvest of grains shall grow 2.1% January 08, 2008

The third forecast of the IBGE for the harvest of grains 2008 shows a planted area of 49.0 million...

Industrial Production fell by 1.8% in November January 07, 2008

In November 2007, the industrial production fell by 1.8% compared to October, when it had grown...

Census of Agriculture: preliminary results confirm expansion of agricultural frontier in the North Region December 21, 2007

Preliminary results1 of Agriculture Census 2006 show that crop areas in the country increased by...

Population Count: IBGE finds 11.4 thousand persons aged 100 or over in the municipalities surveyed December 21, 2007

The Population Count, which has been conducted in 5,435 municipalities1, shows Brazil has a total of...

In November, unemployment rate was 8.2% December 20, 2007

It was the lowest rate of all the new series of the PME, which began in March 2002. The employed...

IPCA-15 in December was 0.70% and IPCA-E closes the year at 4.36% December 20, 2007

The Extended Consumer Price Index -15 (IPCA-15) changed by 0.70% in December; this rate was above...

Services sector leads to bigger participation of Barueri (SP) in Brazilian GDP from 2002 to 2005 December 19, 2007

The increase of participation of the services sector in the national economy is a consequence of...

In Q3 2007, acquisition of milk by industry increased 10.2% December 19, 2007

In the third quarter of 2007, the acquisition of milk by industry was 4.4 billion liters, an...

Federal government and states increase participation in the expenditures of the cultural sector between 2003 and 2005 December 18, 2007