IPCA-15 registers inflation of 0.89% in April, says IBGE.

THE National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15)The index, which measures the variation of the first 15 days of the month, showed inflation of 0.89% in April, above the 0.44% recorded in March, but below the 1% expected by the market. The data were released today (28) by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)Of the nine product and service groups surveyed, the following stand out. Food and drinks, with the largest variation (1.46%) and impact (0.31 pp), followed by Transportation (1.34% and 0.27 pp). Together, the two groups account for 65% of the month's index. Within the group Food and drinksa meals at home It accelerated from 1.10% in March to 1.77% in April. Contributing to this result were the increases in carrot (25.43%), of onion (16.54%), of long-life milk (16.33%), of tomato (13.76%) and of meats (1.14%). On the downside, the following stand out: litter (-4.76%) and the ground coffee (-1.58%). A eating out (0.70%) accelerated compared to March (0.35%), due to the rise in snack (0.87%) and of snack (0.65%), which had recorded increases of 0.50% and 0.31%, respectively, in March.

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