General price index has high of 0.20%

The general price index – market (IGP-M) recorded an increase of 0.20% on first December advance after a retreat of 0.11% as compared to the same period in November, with the resumption of the advance of the wholesale price. According to the Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), the Broad producer price index (IPA), which measures the wholesale prices variation, presented high of 0.30%, compared with 0.29% drop in the previous period. In the IPA, the prices of industrial products had high of 0.87% against 0.01% the previous month. However, the consumer price index (CPI), registered a fall of 0.02% on first December after previous high of 0.25% from November.