Tag: IBGE statistics

• Friday, November 30th 2012 - 23:51 UTC

  Surprisingly disappointing performance of Brazilian economy in third quarter

  

  Brazil on Friday reported slower than expected economic growth in the third quarter putting more pressure on President Dilma Rousseff to make deeper structural reforms and adding to fears that the global slowdown is reaching big emerging markets.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 04:29 UTC

  Industrial production picks up in August; stimuli seems to be working

  

  Industrial production in Brazil expanded in August at its fastest pace in 15 months thanks to heavy government stimulus, data showed on Tuesday. Finance Minister Guido Mantega said the jump in industrial output is proof that the worst of Brazil's slowdown is over.

• Friday, August 10th 2012 - 08:49 UTC

  Brazil bumper crop of corn estimated at 71.5 million tons

  

  Brazil will reap a record grain harvest of 163.3 million tons this year, a gain of two per cent over 2011, the IBGE statistics agency says. The IBGE's latest forecast, based on July data is 1.6% higher than the previous projection.

• Saturday, July 7th 2012 - 05:27 UTC

  Brazil June inflation lowest in two years helped with temporary tax breaks

  

  Brazil’s inflation slowed to its lowest in almost two years on temporary tax breaks for autos, paving the way for more interest rate cuts as the government tries to revive economic growth.

• Friday, May 25th 2012 - 21:40 UTC

  Almost 19 million urban Brazilians live with no access to drinking water of sewage

  

  Almost 19 million Brazilians live in precarious housing with no running water, sewage or any basic public services, according to a report on urban infrastructure by the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute, IBGE.

• Thursday, November 17th 2011 - 19:07 UTC

  Non-white, the majority population in the ‘racial democracy’ of Brazil

  

  For the first time, non-white people make up the majority of Brazil's population, according to preliminary results of the 2010 census. Out of around 191m Brazilians, 91 million identified themselves as white, 82m as mixed race and 15m as black.

• Saturday, November 12th 2011 - 12:46 UTC

  Brazil’s October consumer inflation down but still above target

  

  Consumer price increases slowed month-on-month in Brazil in October, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE. The official IPCA consumer price index gained 0.43% in October compared with a 0.53% rise in September.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 22:42 UTC

  Brazil’s August unemployment stable at 6% in tight labour market

  

  Brazil’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6% in August, a record low for the month while average real wages rose 0.5% from the previous months to 1,629.40 Reais (839.16 US dollars) a month, the government statistics agency IBGE report showed.

• Thursday, June 9th 2011 - 22:48 UTC

  Brazil crop of grains and oilseeds expected to reach a record 161.5 million tons

  

  Brazil’s 2010/2011 crop of grains and oilseeds is estimated to reach 161.5 million tons, up 8.2% (8.2 million tons) over the previous farm year (149.2 million tons), according to the latest survey from the National Supplies Corporation, Conab.

• Wednesday, May 11th 2011 - 01:30 UTC

  Brazil expects a new record crop totalling 158.7 million tons

  

  Brazil will harvest this year a record crop of 158.7 million tons, 6% higher than last year’s 149.7 million tons, according to the latest release from the country’s Geography and Statistics Institute, IBGE.