The result was higher than the index of October (0.18%), accumulating 3.79% in the year and 4.09% in the last 12 months.

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA-15) of November was 0.44%, much above the 0.18% of October (0.26 percentage point higher). Even with the rise of the month, the accumulated result in the year, which was 3.79%, was quite below the 5.79% of the same period of the previous year. For the last 12 months, the rate was 4.09%, little below the immediately12 months (4.14%). In November 2008, IPCA-15 had been 0.49%.

Most groups of products and services that are part of family expenses increased from October to November:

After the fall of 0.25% in October, food products began to increase again, changing to 0.39% in November. Tomatoes led the rise with an increase of 26.99%, followed by gasoline, which was 1.36% more expensive. In the month, two items contributed individually with 0.06 percentage point each.

Among food products, the consumer will be paying more, principally, for onions (19.05%), potatoes (9.63%), refined sugar (4.51%), soybean oil (3.74%) and meats (1.07%).

The rise of gasoline (1.3%) was due to the impact of the increased price of a liter of alcohol, which became 9.13% more expensive. Besides, influencing the group Transportation (from 0.18% in October to 0.95% in November), new cars had their prices increased by 1.11%, whereas plane tickets had a rise of 18.03%.

Besides transportations, increases occurred in household articles (from 0.03% to 0.53%), apparel (from 0.51% to 0.63%) and personal expenses (from 0.29% to 0.36%). Consequently, the group non-food products changed from 0.31% to 0.45%.

Regarding regional indexes, the highest result was obtained in Brasília (0.71%), influenced by rises in the groups Food products and Beverages (0.79%), Apparel (1.11%) and Transportation (1.69%). The lowest result was recorded in Belém, where food products increased by 0.31%, and Transportation, by 0.26%.

IPCA-15 refers to prices collected from October 14 to November 13, comparing them with those collected between September 15 and October 13.

The complete tables with the variations of November and accumulated in the year, besides regional indexes, may be found at: www.ibge.gov.br. Click on the text and then on “Conjuncture Indicator”.