Rice and beans leave basket cheaper
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The main course of the Brazilians was much cheaper this month, in Curitiba. According to the survey of the basic Department of Statistics and Socioeconomic Studies (Dieese), released yesterday, the beans had a reduction of 20.13% and rice, 6.32% in April, compared to prices in March . On the other hand, the potato was the item with the highest increase of 22.73%, followed by banana (6.56%) and sugar (5.67%).
Considering all of the items surveyed, the monthly food basket of the capital was -0.39%, which further reduces the cumulative 2009, which is already in -8.57%.
In the past 12 months, the increase is close to zero: 0.10%. The total cost of basic food for one person, in Curitiba, is for $ 209.73, almost unchanged from April last year, when the figure was R $ 209.52.
According to The Economist Sandro Silva of Dieese, maintaining the value of the basket and the increase in the minimum wage over the period, caused a decrease in the percentage of impairment of earning on food.
If, a year ago, the food basket accounted for 50.49% of the minimum wage in April this year the rate dropped to 45.1%. Silva points out that the average percentage this year is 48.6%, much lower than in 2008, which was 53.34%, but still higher than in 2007 (47.23%).
Reduction
The economist explained that the Dieese black beans - as investigated in Curitiba - has been falling since February. Earlier this year, a kilogram of product cost, on average, £ 4.96. In April, the value dropped to U.S. $ 2.97 - a drop of about 40%.
Since the rice, which also had a generalized fall in prices, accumulating a reduction of 14.8% in the year. The reason for Silva, is a good crop of product. Other items in the basket that cheapening in April were soybean oil (-4.84%), tomatoes (4.52%) and meat (-0.16%), which represents the largest share (U.S. $ 79, 99) the total cost of the basic monthly.
Among the items that are increased, the potato was the most prominent, both in Curitiba as the other eight capital cities where the item makes up the basic food basket. Silva also revealed how amazing the increase in sugar, which from February to April pyramiding 26.3%.
Capitals
Among the 17 state capitals, Curitiba is the year, the fourth largest drop in the price of the basket, behind Aracaju, Florianopolis and Natal. The current value is in tenth place among the cities.
The balance of the last 12 months, 10 counties had an increase in basic foodstuffs, and the capital of Paraná had the lowest high. The capital with the basket more expensive today are Porto Alegre (U.S. $ 234.81), São Paulo (R $ 225.63) and Rio de Janeiro (R $ 222.60).
Minimum wage
Based on the price of the basket of Porto Alegre, Dieese calculated that the minimum wage should be today from $ 1972.64 to 4.24 times the ground force, from $ 465.00.
In the calculation, the Dieese takes into account the constitutional principle which states that the minimum wage must be sufficient to meet the family expenditure on food, housing, health, transport, education, clothing, hygiene, recreation and welfare.
Source: California Online
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