IPCA registers inflation of 0.88% in March.

THE National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) Brazil recorded inflation of 0.88% in March, compared to an increase of 0.70% in February, according to the report. Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) on the morning of this Friday (10).

Market expectations were for an increase of 0.77%. In March 2025, the variation had been a positive 0.56%.

For the year, the IPCA (Brazilian consumer price index) has accumulated an increase of 1.92%; in the last twelve months, it has risen 4.14%, above the 3.81% observed in the 12 months immediately preceding.

In March, the highlights were the groups Transportation, with an increase of 1.64%, and Food and drinks, which rose 1.56%. Together, the two groups account for 76% of the March IPCA. The remaining groups fluctuated between 0.02% (Education) and 0.65% (Personal expensesWithin the group of Food and drinksa meals at home It rose 1.94%, above the previous month (0.23%), influenced by tomato (20.31%), of onion (17.25%), of English potato (12.17%), of long-life milk (11.74%) and of meats (1.73%). The highlights in decline were the litter (-5.79%) and the ground coffee (-1.28%). A eating out It rose 0.61% with the snack going from 0.15% in February to 0.89% in March and the snack with 0.49%, the same variation as in February.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.