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11/01/2013
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Vitor Abdala
Brazil Agency Reporter
Rio de Janeiro - The Consumer Price Index - Class 1 (C1-CPI), which measures inflation for families with incomes up to 2.5 times the minimum wage, closed 2012 at 6.9%, reported today (11) at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV). The rate is higher than average inflation for all income levels, as measured by the Consumer Price Index Brazil (IPC-BR), which stood at 5.74%.
The CPI inflation-C1 was also higher than that observed in 2011 (5.98%). The main impacts for inflation of 6.9% in 2012 came from food, which rose by 10.13%, and miscellaneous expenses, which had a price increase of 12.87%.
The other classes of expenditure had the following rates: education, reading and recreation (7.16%), transport (6.04%), health and personal care (6.02%), housing (4.96%) and Clothing (3.75%). In December, the CPI-C1 recorded inflation of 0.76%.
Edition: Juliana Andrade
Source: Agency Brazil
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