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IBGE records effects of global warming on the Brazilian coast June 26, 2007

Stations of IBGE’s Geodetic Permanent Tide Gauge Network (RMPG) recorded, in the period between...

IPCA-15 : 0,29% in June June 22, 2007

The Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) in June is 0.29%, slightly above the rate...

Unemployment rate remains at 10.1% in May June 21, 2007

Unemployment rate has remained the same for three months. It is also stable in comparison with May...

Corrections in IPCA data processing June 20, 2007

IBGE informs there was a problem in the IPCA results for May 2007 for the metropolitan areas of...

Censuses: 40 million persons and 1,7 million establishments visited so far June 19, 2007

This is the result of two months of data collection activities of the Census of Agriculture and of...

In April, volume of trade sales increased by 0.4% and revenue, by 0.8% June 18, 2007

Both rates refer to March 2007, in the seasonally adjusted comparison. In the series without...

Industrial employment increased by 0.5% from March to April June 14, 2007

This was the fourth positive result in the month/previous month comparison, with seasonal...

GDP reaches 596,2 billion in Q1 2007 and changes by 0.8% in relation to the previous quarter June 13, 2007

The GDP at market prices changed by 4.3% in the first quarter of 2007, in relation to the same...

IBGE points to 15.5% increase of grain harvest in 2007 and reveals stocks surpassed 12,8 million tons in the beginning of the year June 12, 2007

The national harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds may reach 135,1 million tons, that is, 2.2%...

In April, industrial production fell in 10 of the 14 areas surveyed June 11, 2007

All the reductions were below the national average (-0.1%), in the seasonally adjusted series. In...

IPCA was 0.28% in May June 06, 2007

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) in May (0.28%) was slightly higher than in April...

National Index of Construction changed by 0.90% in May June 06, 2007

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

In April, industrial production changed by -0.1% in comparison with March June 05, 2007

This was the first negative rate in six months, in the seasonally adjusted series. In comparison...

IBGE maps locate endangered animals and sources of potable water in the underground of Northeastern states June 01, 2007

In order to start the activities of the Environment Week, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and...

IBGE survey shows profile of industrial companies and products in Brazil May 30, 2007

The Annual Survey of Industry shows that, in 2005, 147,000 companies employed about 6,4 million...

Study shows 60 years of social changes in Brazil May 25, 2007

Between the Censuses of 1940 and of 2000, the Brazilian population increased four times. The rural...

IPCA-15 of May was 0.26% May 24, 2007

The Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) was 0.26% in May, slightly above the rate...

Unemployment rate was 10.1% in April May 24, 2007

The April rate was the same as in March (10.1%) and did not have any statistically significant...

Industry of construction falls in 2005 May 23, 2007

In a general way, the Brazilian sector of construction reduced its activities in 2005, in the...

IBGE joins group in search of the true source of the Amazon River May 22, 2007

Invited by the National Geographic Institute of Peru (IGN), IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and...

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