The Consumer Price Index – Weekly (IPC-S) registered a change of 0.02% in September, said the Brazilian Institute of Economics of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV/Ibre) this Monday (3).
With this, the indicator accumulates a high of 5.13% in the last 12 months.
Two of the eight classes of expenditure monitored by the institution recorded an increase in the rates of change, with emphasis on the Transport group, whose rate went from -2.92% in the third four-week period of September 2022 to -2.63% in the fourth four-week period of the year. month.
“In this category of expense, it is worth mentioning the behavior of the gasoline item, whose price varied -8.68%, compared to -9.61% in the previous edition of the IPC-S”, highlights the research in a note.
Housing was another highlight, going from 0.23% to 0.40% in the period. In this group, Ibre highlights the behavior of residential electricity tariffs, which went from -0.72% to -0.07%.
Food, on the other hand, had a greater fall than that recorded last month, from -0.28% to -0.29%. Other groups with a decrease in rates were Education, Reading and Recreation (4.94% to 4.36%), Health and Personal Care (0.66% to 0.59%), Communication (-0.46% to -0 .52%), Clothing (0.42% to 0.38%), Miscellaneous Expenses (0.07% to 0.04%).
In these expense categories, Ibre highlights the behavior of airline tickets (26.94% to 23.75%), toiletries and personal care (1.01% to 0.49%), telephony, internet and TV combo subscription (-0.57% to -1.16%), watches and jewelry (0.11% to -0.25%), cigarettes (0.79% to 0.28%) and dairy products (-3, 94% to -4.86%).
*Posted by Ligia Tuon
Source: CNN Brasil
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