Tag: IBGE

• Thursday, November 1st 2012 - 16:29 UTC

  September industrial production down 1% in Brazil; 12.4% in nine months

  

  Industrial production in Brazil contracted more than expected in September. According to a release from the government stats office IBGE output from Brazilian factories and mines shrank 1% in September from August on a seasonally adjusted basis.

• Thursday, September 6th 2012 - 04:04 UTC

  Brazil August inflation relatively stable, but food prices could change the picture

  

  Brazil's annual inflation remained relatively stable in August, and was broadly in line with economists' forecast, data released by statistical office IBGE. The consumer price index increased 5.24% on an annual basis in August, just ahead of the 5.2% recorded in July.

• Wednesday, September 5th 2012 - 00:52 UTC

  Brazilian industrial production up 0.3% in July, but still unconvincing

  

  Brazilian industrial production rose a stronger-than-expected 0.3% in July from June, government statistics agency IBGE said on Tuesday. July was the second positive number following three straight months of declining output.

• Friday, February 10th 2012 - 04:15 UTC

  Brazil anticipates a 3% contraction in the 2011/12 crop because of severe drought

  

  The 2012 Brazilian grains and oilseed is expected to be below the 2011 record because of the intense drought in the months of December and January, particularly to the south of the country where soybeans and rice suffered most reported the Geography and Statistics Institute, IBGE.

• Wednesday, February 1st 2012 - 06:24 UTC

  Brazil’s December industrial production brings hope after a dismal 0.3% for 2011

  

  Rising output at Brazil's factories and mines in December, following a dismal 2011 performance, should help activity in 2012 as falling interest rates and rising investment help sustain growth in Latin America's largest economy

• Saturday, September 3rd 2011 - 00:46 UTC

  Brazilian economy slowing down: growth drops to an annualized 3.1%

  

  Brazil's economy expanded at a softer pace in the second quarter as a strong currency fueled a flood of cheap imports and industrial activity had its worst performance since the third quarter of 2009.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2011 - 17:03 UTC

  Brazil’s industrial output expands for third consecutive month

  

  Brazil’s industrial output increased a seasonally adjusted 0.5% from February although it fell 2.1% compared with March 2010, the Brazilian Census Bureau, or IBGE, said Tuesday.

• Saturday, April 30th 2011 - 10:07 UTC

  Brazilian has 190.7 million population, and 14.6 million illiterates

  

  Brazil’s population reached 190.7 million according to primary data collected from the 2010 demographic census and released Friday by the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute, IBGE. The census also showed that almost 10% of the population is illiterate.

• Friday, March 4th 2011 - 01:52 UTC

  Brazil, the seventh economy of the world and ready to overtake France and UK

  

  Brazil announced Thursday it has become the world’s seventh economy after having expanded 7.5% in 2010, the strongest in 24 years. Brazil’s GDP now stands at 2.1 trillion US dollars with a per capita income of 11.185 USD.

• Wednesday, February 9th 2011 - 20:55 UTC

  Brazilian January inflation highest since April 2005

  

  Brazilian officials say inflation in January was the highest monthly jump in almost six years. The government's IBGE statistics bureau said that January inflation was 0.83%, the biggest monthly jump since April 2005, when inflation was 0.87%.