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07/14/2014
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Consumer prices of old age disappear under File / Brazil Agency
Inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-3i), which measures the change in the consumption basket of mostly composed of individuals over the age of 60 families, rose less than the Consumer Price Index for the whole country (CPI-BR), the cumulative result of the last twelve months (annualized rate). While the IPC-BR climbed the last twelve months 6.55% IPC-3i accumulated a 6.42%, 0.13 percentage point lower result.
According to figures released today (14) by the Brazilian Institute of Economics (Ibre) of the Getulio Vargas Foundation, from the first to the second quarter of 2014, the rate of IPC-3i fell 0.60 percentage point to 2.30 % to 1.70%. Despite the decline, inflation for consumers of old age was higher in the third quarter of this year compared with the CPI-BR, which closed the period April, May and June with high cumulative 1.64%.
Four of the eight classes of expenditure components of IPC-3i fell in their rates of change from the first to the second quarter of the year. The main contribution came from the food group, whose rate fell from 4.31% to 1.31%. The item that most influenced the behavior of this group was spending vegetables and legumes, which ranged -7.70% in the second quarter, compared to 30.42% in the previous.
Also contributed to the fall of the IPC-3i, the first to the second quarter of the year, the education groups, reading and recreation (3.69% to 0.11%); transport (1.59% to 0.76%); and miscellaneous (3.60% to 2.46%).
For each of these divisions, there was a decrease also in the air passages (16.95% to -22.58%), new car (2.34% to 0.84%) and cigarettes (8.05% to -0 05%).
On the other hand, three classes of expenditure showed an increase in the rates of change: health and personal care (1.37% to 2.73%); clothing (0.71% to 1.92%); and housing (2.13% to 2.16%).
Have the communication group repeated the growth rate recorded in the last calculation, 0.19%. The main influences for high or low left of the following items: Rate Residential Telephone (-0.51% to -0.10%) and fixed packages and internet telephony (1.52% to 0.54%).
Source: Brazil Agency
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