Relieve food inflation to low income in July

Food prices in July lightened the pocket of brazilian lower-income population. Already the basket of the richest, where food weigh less, recorded a higher inflation in the period. Released yesterday by the Institute of applied economic research (Ipea), the Inflation indicator by income range for the seventh month this year showed a rise of 0.26% in lower income families, and increase of 0.38% among the richest in the Country, both in compared to the month of June. The 0.6% drop in food inflation at home was the main factor of inflationary popular layers relief aborting, in part, the pressures for high electricity tariffs (5.3%) and city bus (1.5%). In the case of wealthy families, even in the face of retraction of 1% in the price of gasoline, the adjustments of the air passages over 44% generated strong impact of the transport group on inflation. Responsible for the study, Maria Andréia relative, planning and research technique of Ipea, explains that the foods have a greater weight in the basket "restricted", compared to consumers of higher purchasing power, which in your time, consume more goods and services. " The truckers ' strike has sparked shortages in supermarkets, food inflation rose in June and the indicator was higher for the poorest, compared to richer, "says Padmanabhan.