COST of LIVING in SÃO PAULO HAS REDUCED HIGH RATE in 2017

The cost of living in the metropolitan region of São Paulo has advanced 3.83 percent in 2017, compared to 2016. Is that points FecomercioSP anticipated lifting with exclusivity to the DCI. In 2016 before 2015, the prices of goods and services had risen 6.59%, indicating a recent slowdown in the advance of costs in the region. In December, the study shows an increase of 0.75% in relation to November. This was the largest variation noted over the past year. According to FecomercioSP, over the past four months, there was a trend of acceleration in average prices, which reduced the dispersion of falls of the groups that make up the scorecard. In the last month of 2017, only two segments, one of the nine that make up the survey, accused negative variations: communication (-0.14%) and housing (-0.01%), the latter being practically keeping stable in the previous month. The Transport Group exercised the bullish main contribution on the result of December, marking elevation of 1.76% in December, which accounts for about 50% of the high of the month. In 2017, this group surged 4.6% on your accumulated average prices. The items that stood out in the month were: airfare (23.23%) and ethanol (5.26%), being the high fuel attributed to greater demand for ethanol, because of recent readjustments in gasoline. In the analysis by social class, classes A and B (income exceeding R $12,207.24 and income between R R $7,324.34 $12,207.23) were the ones least felt the effects of high prices in December, ending the period with 0.51% and 0.62%, respectively. However the classes D and e (monthly income between R $976.59 to R $1,464.87 and income up to £ $976.58) noted positive variations of 0.9 percent and 0.89 percent.