OFFICIAL INFLATION is the lowest for JANUARY SINCE the BEGINNING of the REAL PLAN: 0.29%

The data were released today (8), in Rio de Janeiro by the Brazilian Institute of geography and statistics (IBGE). In 12 months, the accumulated inflation is 2.86%. In January, the major transport groups came from high (1.10%) and food (0.74%). They also had high prices health groups and personal care (0.42%), personal expenses (0.22%), education (0.22%), residence (0.14%) and communication (0.11%). At the same time, spending on housing (with deflation, i.e. price drop of 0.85%) and clothing (-0.98%), helped to hold down inflation and make it the lowest rate for the months of January within the historical series started with the Real plan.