The Weekly Consumer Price Index (IPC-S) rose 0.16% in the second four weeks of September, after falling 0.02% in the first reading of the month, the Getulio Vargas Foundation reported on the morning of this Monday, 18th ( FGV). As a result, the indicator accumulates an increase of 4.05% in 12 months, compared to 3.83% in the first four weeks.
In this reading, five of the eight expense classes registered an increase in their variation rates, with emphasis on the Transport group (0.95% to 1.55%), driven by gasoline (2.75% to 4.40%).
They also accelerated Education, Reading and Recreation (-1.59% to -0.70%), Food (-0.68% to -0.60%), Clothing (-0.36% to -0.33%) and Communication (0.06% to 0.07%). In these expense classes, it is worth highlighting the behavior of: air tickets (-11.30% to -5.40%), vegetables (-4.91% to -3.86%), children’s clothing (-0. 26% to 0.49%) and combination of telephone, internet and pay TV (-0.12% to 0.07%).
On the other hand, there was a slowdown in Health and Personal Care (0.03% to -0.10%), Housing (0.46% to 0.42%) and Miscellaneous Expenses (-0.18% to -0. 28%) driven, respectively, by hygiene and personal care items (-0.79% to -1.30%), residential electricity tariff (2.07% to 1.64%) and religious and funeral services (0 .26% to -0.16%).
Influences
The biggest positive influences on the IPC-S in the second four weeks, in addition to gasoline, came from residential electricity tariffs (2.07% to 1.64%); residential rent (0.52% to 0.86%); diesel oil (11.36% to 15.47%) and new car (0.74% to 0.97%).
Among the low vectors, the main impacts came from air travel; papaya (-19.23% to -21.28%); English potatoes (-13.70% to -14.14%); perfume (-0.79% to -2.66%) and long-life milk (-3.64% to -2.67%).
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