IPCA15
Health and personal care influence on high in inflation forecast
April 20, 2018 09h00 AM | Last Updated: April 20, 2018 10h47 AM
The inflation forecast of April was of 0.21%. The group within which there is health and personal care had the highest change, 0.69%, and was the one that most had an impact on the result, 0.08 percentage point (pp). The price increases in health insurance (1.06%) and medicines (0.63%) were the main responsible for the rise.
The information is from the Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15), released today by the IBGE. The 0.21% change in April was 0.11 pp above March's rate, which was 0.10%. In the time series, started in 1994, this was the lowest rate for a month of April since 2006, when the index registered 0.17%.
After a 0.07% drop in March, the food and beverage group was up 0.15% in April. The greatest influence came from fruits, which were on average 6.07% more expensive and were the main individual impact on the index of the month, 0.06 pp.
