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01/24/2013
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Preview of the official inflation rate in the country, measured by the IPCA-15, ranged from 0.88% in January, up 0.19 percentage points over December
By Gladys Ferraz Magalhães
SAO PAULO - A preview of the official inflation rate in the country, measured by the IPCA-15 index (Broad Consumer Price - 15), ranged from 0.88% in January. Compared to December, the index increased by 0.19 percentage point, since the measurement of that month the previous inflation stood at 0.69%, according to data released by the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) on Wednesday ( 23).
The acceleration of inflation in the period reflects the movement of prices of items related to food products and beverages, which showed inflation of 1.45% compared to 0.97% in December.
Vegetables showed inflation of 6.48% (Getty Images)
According to the IBGE, the acceleration in the prices of the group reflected the variation of vegetables (from 2.67% to 6.48%), bean (from -0.10% to 6.25%), tomato (from 0 72% to 6.02%), onions (from -5.97% to 5.61%), chicken (4.16% to 5.61%), fruits (1.27% to 2.22 %), meat (from 0.47% to 1.12%) and meals out (from 0.58% to 0.95%).
Other groups
Besides food and beverages, from December to January, other groups have contributed to rising inflation, they are: Personal Expenses (1.10% to 1.80%), Household articles (0.11% for 0, 45%), Health and Personal Care (0.26% to 0.61%) and Education (0.10% to 0.33%).
In this sense, there is Personal Expenses, with 0.19 percentage point impact on the overall outcome of the IPCA-15. In the group, the most significant increases were in cigarette prices (7.05%) and tour (16.18%).
Contrary, clothing (0.62% to 0.12%) Transportation (0.71% to 0.68%) and communication (0.26% to -0.06%) were lower on their rates of change while Housing repeated varying the previous measurement (0.74%).
In 12 months, inflation measured by the IPCA-15 is up 6.02%, above the immediately preceding 12 months (5.78%). Compared with January 2012, the advance is calculated by 0.23 percentage point, since, at the time, inflation was 0.65%.
Regions
Among regional indexes, Bethlehem had the highest rate of January, with inflation of 1.24%. According to the IBGE, the city, the result was influenced by food, which rose 2.36%. Brasília recorded the lowest result, 0.57%.
Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, in turn, showed variations of 1.18% and 0.87%, respectively.
Source: Infomoney
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