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PNAD 2005: income rises for the first time in 9 years September 15, 2006

In 2005, about 20% of the population 10 years of age or over in Brazil accessed the Internet, and,...

Industrial employment up 0.3% from June to July September 14, 2006

In July, the industrial employment had positive change of 0.3% in relation to June (seasonally...

In July, industrial production grew in nine among 14 surveyed localities September 12, 2006

In the series with seasonal adjustment, in relation to June, the highest growth was observed in...

In August, grain harvest estimate falls by 0.28% in comparison with July September 08, 2006

In 2006, the expected production of cereals, legumes and oilseeds (cotton seed, peanuts, rice,...

IPCA changed by 0.05% in August September 06, 2006

The index was lower than in July (0.19%). The indexes accumulated in the year (1.78%) and in the...

National Index of Construction changes by 0.28% in August September 06, 2006

The national Index of Construction, calculated by IBGE in partnership with Caixa Econômica...

Industrial production grew by 0.6% in July September 05, 2006

From June to July, according to the IBGE survey, industrial production grew by 0.6%, not...

IBGE launches updated map of endangered birds September 04, 2006

The Institute shows the Brazilian states which are the natural habitat of the remaining birds of...

GDP changes by 0.5% from the first to the second quarter of 2006 August 31, 2006

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the second quarter of 2006 grew by 0.5% in comparison with the...

IBGE releases municipal population estimates for 2006 August 31, 2006

IBGE has released today, August 31, 2006, the estimates for the resident population in the...

Unemployment rate was 10.7% in July August 24, 2006

The average real income (R$1,028,50) fell by 0.7% in relation to June and increased by 3.4% over...

IPCA-15 changed by 0.19% in August August 23, 2006

The Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) changed by 0.19% in August, significantly...

Brazil discusses production of geographic and statistical information August 21, 2006

Under the guidance of IBGE, several institutions, users and producers of geographic and...

IBGE releases previously unseen collection on the History of Brazilian Statistics August 21, 2006

IBGE has published the first volume of the collection on the history of Brazilian statistics,...

IBGE releases data on the public expenditure of municipal and state governments August 17, 2006

From 1999 to 2002, the participation of expenditure on education in the total expenditure of State...

Retail trade sales decreased 0.38% in June August 16, 2006

Nominal revenue fell by 0.25%. Both comparisons are seasonally adjusted. In the series without...

Industrial employment changed by -0.1% from May to June August 14, 2006

The rate was the same (-0.1%) in comparison with June 2005; this was the ninth consecutive...

IPCA changed by 0.19% in July August 11, 2006

With this result, the Extended Consumer Price National Index (IPCA) accumulated in the year was...

In 2006, 118,094 tons of grains will be harvested in Brazil August 10, 2006

The production estimate of the seventh Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production, by IBGE, is...

In June, industrial production falls in 10 of the 14 areas surveyed August 09, 2006

In June, the seasonally adjusted regional indexes of industrial production revealed a...

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