Brazilian inflation in April stood at 0.61%, according to IBGE
Inflation in April was in Brazil 0.61%, the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) announced on Friday (12).
With the result, the IPCA (National Wide Consumer Price Index) was 0.1 percentage points below the 0.71% rate registered in March. In February, it had been 0.84%.
From January to April, inflation accumulated a 2.72% rise. The accumulated rate in the last 12 months was 4.18%, below the 4.65% observed during the previous 12 months.
According to IBGE, all 9 groups of products and services surveyed showed an increase.
The main highlights were health and personal care, which rose 1.49% and raised the IPCA by 0.19 p.p., and food and beverages, which rose 0.71% and had an impact of 0.15 p.p. on the index.
The health and personal care group hike was driven by pharmaceutical products, which registered an increase (3.55%) after the 5.60% readjustment in medication prices as of March 31.
On the other hand, personal hygiene products slowed down from 0.76% in March to 0.56% in April’s IPCA, influenced mainly by a drop in perfumes (-1.09%).
In the food and beverages group, the acceleration was driven by foodstuffs at home, which went from a negative 0.14% in March to 0.73% in April.
Last month, the prices of tomatoes (10.64%), long-life milk (4.96%), and cheese (1.97%) rose.
The IBGE also registered an increase in the IPCA in all its research areas. The highest variation was in Campo Grande (0.89%) due to residential electricity (6.11%).
The lowest variation was recorded in Recife (0.16%), influenced by the 3.41% drop in gasoline and the 2.51% drop in car repairs.
The inflation target for 2023 is 3.25%, with a tolerance interval of 1.75% to 4.75%.
The National Consumer Price Index rose 0.53% in April.
In the last 12 months, it grew 3.83%, below the 4.36% observed in the immediately previous 12 months. In the year to date, the index has accumulated a high of 2.42%.
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| Instrument | Last | Change | YoY | Prev. | High | Low | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBOV | 185,205.09 | +3.05% | +21.85% | 179,722.48 | 168,310 | 167,142 | — |
| USD/BRL | 5.16 | +0.01% | -5.13% | 5.16 | 5.18 | 5.14 | — |
| SELIC | 14.00% | — | — | — | — | — | |
| PETR4 | 41.64 | -0.05% | +35.19% | 41.66 | 41.97 | 41.15 | 41,499,400 |
| VALE3 | 72.97 | +0.83% | +30.75% | 72.37 | 73.54 | 72.66 | 17,658,000 |
| ITUB4 | 38.60 | -1.03% | +4.57% | 39.00 | 39.34 | 38.39 | 29,487,800 |
| BBDC4 | 16.85 | +0.36% | +3.50% | 16.79 | 16.90 | 16.67 | 19,416,900 |
| BBAS3 | 19.37 | +0.47% | +0.73% | 19.28 | 19.44 | 19.16 | 11,069,200 |
| B3SA3 | 14.26 | -0.21% | +12.73% | 14.29 | 14.47 | 14.11 | 33,037,800 |
| ABEV3 | 14.89 | -0.80% | +21.91% | 15.01 | 15.07 | 14.81 | 16,453,100 |
| WEGE3 | 47.59 | +0.49% | +29.99% | 47.36 | 48.08 | 47.36 | 3,364,600 |
| PRIO3 | 59.14 | -0.19% | +50.67% | 59.25 | 59.81 | 58.74 | 3,325,600 |
| SUZB3 | 41.33 | +2.35% | -23.55% | 40.38 | 41.48 | 40.35 | 3,914,900 |
| RENT3 | 34.68 | -0.09% | +0.84% | 34.71 | 34.96 | 34.35 | 7,979,100 |
| AZZA3 | 15.89 | -2.63% | -53.76% | 16.32 | 16.42 | 15.82 | 1,330,300 |
| CSNA3 | 4.30 | +0.47% | -42.65% | 4.28 | 4.41 | 4.26 | 10,076,100 |
| GGBR4 | 24.69 | +2.19% | +51.38% | 24.16 | 24.85 | 24.18 | 7,047,600 |
| ENEV3 | 24.21 | -1.38% | +70.49% | 24.55 | 24.64 | 23.99 | 9,297,000 |
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