Considered an “official inflation preview”, the IPCA-15 (Extended National Consumer Price Index-15) fell 0.73% in August, after rising 0.13% in July, according to the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography). and Statistics) this Wednesday (24).
This is the lowest rate recorded since the beginning of the historical series, which began in November 1991.
The IPCA-15 accumulates a high of 5.02% in the year and, in 12 months, of 9.60%, below the 11.39% registered in the 12 immediately previous months.
The median of market expectations pointed to a fall of 0.82% in the month and a rise of 9.5% in twelve months.
The result was influenced by the drop in fuel prices, particularly gasoline and ethanol, and electricity.
On the other hand, despite the record drop, the prices of the Food and Beverages (1.12%) and Health and Personal Care (0.81%) groups continued to rise, 1.12% and 0.81%, respectively. .
Bigger dips and highs
Three of the nine groups of products and services surveyed registered negative changes in August. The transport group had the biggest negative change (-5.24%) and the biggest negative impact (-1.15 percentage points) of the index, influenced mainly by the drop in gasoline (-16.80%).
In addition to the drop in gasoline, the decline in fuel prices (-15.33%) was caused by ethanol (-10.78%), vehicle gas (-5.40%) and diesel oil (-0.56%). .
Another highlight among the falls in the transport group were air tickets (-12.22%), after rising four consecutive months.
The biggest positive change came from food and beverages (1.12%), influenced mainly by the increase in the prices of long-life milk (14.21%), the biggest positive individual impact on the monthly index, with 0.14 pp
*In update
Source: CNN Brasil
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