The Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) increased by 0.90% in June, a rate higher than the one observed in May (0.56%). With this result, the index of the Special Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA-E) reached 2.06% in the second quarter of the year...

The Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) increased by 0.90% in June, a rate higher than the one observed in May (0.56%).  With this result, the index of the Special Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA-E) reached 2.06% in the second quarter of the year, higher than in the same quarter of 2007 (0.77%), and closed the semester with 3.67%, also higher than in the same period of 2007 (2.18%).  Also, in the last 12 months the rate of 5.89% was higher than the rate of 5.25% relative to the immediately previous 12 months.

Food products and beverages maintained the trend of hike with 2.30% in June, considerably above the result of 1.26% of May, and accumulated 8.62% in the first semester of the year. This group was the main responsible for the result of the month, contributing with 0.51 percentage points which means more than half the rate of June. The major individual rate was recorded by meats: hike of 5.35% and contribution of 0.11 percentage points.  The increases were generalized, including important items such as rice (17.09%); potatoes (16.79%), tomatoes (8.60%), noodles (4.89%), bread rolls (3.43%) and meals outside home (1.55%).

With the result of June, meals consumed outside home brought the major individual contribution in the index of the first semester of the year, with 0.28 percentage points, hike of 7.41%.  Following came bread rolls, with prices that increased by 20.99%, contributing with 0.23 percentage points. The group Food products and beverages summed in the semester 1.87 percentage points, almost half the index of 3.67%.

Among the surveyed areas, all the consumers are paying more to feed themselves in June than in May.  From May to June, the highest rate for the group Food products and beverages was registered in Curitiba (3.02%) and the lowest in Belém (0.30%).  In the table below, the results of the group by area show that, in this year, the families of the metropolitan area of Salvador are paying 11.62% more for Food products and beverages, followed by Recife (11.34%), Belém (10.21%) and Curitiba (10.07%).  The lowest rate was recorded in São Paulo (7.46%).

Non-food products increased from 0.36% in May, to 0.50% in June, accumulating 2.31% in the first semester of the year.  The highlights were the salaries of household employees (1.04%), personal care articles (1.26%), banking services (3.47 %), cooking gas (1.49%) and articles for residence repairs (1.30%).

Among the indexes by areas, the highest one was registered in the metropolitan area of São Paulo (1.12%) and the lowest one in Belém (0.22%).

To calculate the IPCA-15, prices collected from May 16 to June 13 were compared to those charged from April 15 to May 15.  The index refers to families with income ranging from 1 to 40 minimum wages and covers the metropolitan areas of Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte, Recife, São Paulo, Belém, Fortaleza, Salvador and Curitiba, besides Brasília and the municipality of Goiânia.  The methodology used is the same one of the IPCA; the difference lies in the period of price collection.