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Richest 10% of the population spends ten times more than the poorest 40% August 29, 2007

The main declared expenses of Brazilian families are related to housing, food acquisition and...

IBGE invests in technology and training to celebrate the 40th anniversary of PNAD August 24, 2007

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics celebrates, in 2007, the 4oth anniversary of...

IPCA-15 changed by 0.42% in August August 23, 2007

The National Extended Consumer Price Index (IPCA-15) changed by 0.42% in August and was above the...

Unemployment rate in July was 9.5% August 23, 2007

The unemployment rate shows no statistically significant change in relation to June (9.7%), but it...

ENCE participates in seminar on public policies for sexual and reproductive rights August 22, 2007

As a result of combined efforts with associations and entities in the fields of health and...

More schooled man has more participation in household activities August 17, 2007

IBGE shows that the growing participation of women in the labor market did not reduce the daily...

Trade sector grows for the sixth consecutive month August 15, 2007

In June, retail trade changed by 0.4% in terms of volume of sales and by 0.8% in terms of nominal...

Industrial employment changed by -0.1% in June August 13, 2007

This rate reflects the stabilization of the segment after a sequence of five consecutive hikes,...

Estimated grain harvest growth is 14% August 09, 2007

The estimated production of cereals, legumes and oilseeds for 2007 is 133,4 million tons, with...

IPCA was 0.24% in July August 08, 2007

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of July had a change of 0.24% and was below the...

In the first semester of 2007, industry increased in all the 14 surveyed localities August 07, 2007

In the first semester of 2007, in relation to the same period of 2006, Rio Grande do Sul (8.5%),...

Agriculture industry grew by 4.6% in the first semester of 2007 August 07, 2007

Livestock surpassed (4.9%) agriculture (4.2%) and the production of insecticides, herbicides and...

Industrial production increased by 1.2% from May to June August 03, 2007

July indexes confirmed the increase of industrial activity. The sector grew by 1.2% from May to...

Unemployment rate of June was 9.7% July 26, 2007

It was the first decrease in the indicator this year (0.4 percentage points in relation to May),...

IBGE publishes Annual Survey of Services 2005 July 25, 2007

Brazil had 948 420 non-financial service companies in 2005. The net operational revenue was R$...

Engineering and architecture services revenue increased by 32.6% from 2004 to 2005 July 25, 2007

The harvest of soybeans broke the record in 2006, with 52,464,640 tons harvested, 1,282,566 t more...

IPCA-15 changed by 0.24% in July July 25, 2007

The Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) changed by 0.24% in July, slightly below...

Soybeans with a new record in production in 2006 July 19, 2007