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01/24/2012
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IPCA-15 changed by 0.65% in the first months of 2012 versus rise of 0.56% in December; result was influenced by the rise in prices of transport and food
The Consumer Price Index (IPCA-15), the previous call of the official inflation accelerated to 0.65% in January falling well above the rate of 0.56% during the final months of 2011, according to data released Tuesday Monday by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
This is the biggest change to the index in eight months. In May last year, the IPCA-15 was up 0.70%. (See chart).
According to IBGE, the transport group, ranging from 0.79% and 0.15 percentage point of impact was responsible for the acceleration of the IPCA Jan. 15, compared to December, due mainly to the adjustment of bus fares urban metropolitan areas of Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte and intercity buses in various regions.
Foods with 1.25% in January, a rate close to 1.28% for December, also pressured the rate of the month, with an impact of 0.29 percentage point. With this, the IPCA was 0.65% 15 0.44 percentage point impact of the two groups, which means 68% of the index, according to the institute.
In January, the Housing Group had the same result as in December, 0.54%. Some items such as continued high residential rents (from 0.71% to 1.33%), condominium (from 0.74% to 0.70%), water and sewer rate (from 0% to 0.13%) .
Segments Apparel (1.10% to 0.19%), household (0.05% to -0.68%) and Personal Expenses (from 0.74% to 0.55%) presented in January, results lower than in December.
Among the areas surveyed by the IBGE for the preparation of the IPCA-15 Rio de Janeiro had the highest inflation rate, an increase of 1.01%, because the results of urban buses, which rose 4%, and intercity buses, that had an adjustment of 3.01%, and food (1.93%), the highest rate among the surveyed areas.
The slightest variation in inflation was recorded in Porto Alegre, an increase of 0.39%, where the food went up 0.04%.
Methodology
The IPCA-15 is called the prior of the official inflation, because it uses the same methodology as the Consumer Price Index (IPCA), with a difference in the period of data collection.
The indicator refers to families with income 1-40 minimum wages and includes the metropolitan areas of Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte, Recife, Sao Paulo, Belem, Fortaleza, Salvador and Curitiba, besides Brasília and Goiânia.
To calculate the IPCA-15 in the first months of 2012 were considered by the IBGE, prices collected between December 14 and January 13 and compared with those in effect from 15 November to 13 December.
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