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Preview inflation accelerates to 0.70 % in February , driven by increases in schools

02/21/2014

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Increase in tuition fees was 7.65 % , clothing and transportation groups lost value this month

In the 12- month high of 5.65 % is

RIO - The National Consumer Price Index Broad 15 ( IPCA - 15 ) , prior the official Brazilian inflation was 0.70 % in February , the IBGE said on Friday . In 12 months, the increase is 5.65 % . In January , the index had slowed to 0.67 % , influenced by the fall in prices of airline tickets . A respite from high prices confirmed in closed that month IPCA , which stood at 0.55 % .

The education group had a greater weight in the index , accounting for 0.27 percentage points - recording a high of 6.05% . The main responsible for the increase in prices in the group was the adjustment in tuition charged at the beginning of the year (up 7.65% ) . With the exception of Fortaleza , which did not increase because of the difference of the Reset Date , in other regions the prices were higher between 3.44% recorded in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre , and 11.72 % in Rio de Janeiro .

In the groups of consumption that had decreases in their values , especially apparel (from 0.59 % in January to -0.68 % in February ) and transportation (from 0.43 % to -0.09 % ) . Airline tickets , belonging to the transport group , fell by -20.36 % , exerting the strongest impact down the IPCA- 15 of the month , with -0.11 percentage points .

In food group , the products in the basket became cheaper in February : tomato ( -5.60 % ) , milk ( -5.60 ) and common bean ( -4.27 % ) . In the general framework , the group recorded high inflation of 0.52 % , from 0.96 % in January.

In 2013 the inflation rate reached a high of 5.91 % , above the government's target center ( 4.5% , with a ceiling of 6.5 % ) and also higher than in the previous year of 5.84 % . Last year , the food group was mainly responsible for the acceleration of the index , contributing 2.03 percentage point loss.

Financial market economists expect the IPCA close the year 2014 accumulated 5.93 % , according to the latest Focus survey, released by the Central Bank on Monday .

Between regions

Among the indexes , the metropolitan area of Rio has recorded highest increase , with 0.95 % . The biggest culprits for this increase were residential rents ( 2.77 % ) and domestic service employees ( 2.85% ) . The increase of the passages of municipal and intercity buses also pressured the high local inflation : ( 4.36 % ) .
The lowest level of increase was in the metropolitan region of Bahia , with ( 0.06 ) .
The fall of 28.38 % in the prices of airline tickets pulled inflation to the lowest rate in the country .


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