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Cigarettes and drugs weigh and inflation is low income to 0.73%

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IPC-C1 was higher than the rate for the whole population.
In March, the indicator had remained at 0.51%.

Inflation was higher for low-income families in April. The Index of Consumer Prices - Class 1 (IPC-C1), which measures inflation for families with income between one and 2.5 times the minimum wage was 0.73% last month, after registering at 0, 51% in March. The rate is higher than that recorded for the whole population, calculated by the Index of Consumer Prices (CPI-BR), who took 0.47%.

Among the main responsible for the high inflation in April, according to the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) shows the price of cigarettes and drugs: the first went up on average 7.85% (0.85% in March), while the latter rose by 2.55% (previous month, the growth had been 0.29%).

Despite the rise in the monthly comparison, the 12-month cumulative rate of the CPI-C1 decreased from 6.52% to 6.27% - still higher than the CPI-BR, which accumulated a 6.05% over the same period .

Groups

Among the groups surveyed, the highest weights came from miscellaneous expenses, the rate increased from 0.72% in March to 4.67%, and health and personal care (from 0.76% to 1.53%). These two groups accounted for more than 90% of the increase registered by the rate of CPI-C1.

Groups apparel (from -0.18% to 0.39%) and housing (from 0.23% to 0.27%) also reported improvements in their rates of change. In contrast, the education groups, reading and recreation (0.76% to 0.40%), transport (from 0.04% to -0.01%) and food (from 0.87% to 0.85% ) recorded decreases in their rates of change.



Source: G1

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