The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) presented a variation of 0.31% in September and was above the result of August (-0.05%)...

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) presented a variation of 0.31% in September and was above the result of August (-0.05%). With this result, the Special Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA-E – IPCA-15 accumulated in the months of July, August and September) was 0.17%, below the result of the same period in 2009 (0.64%). IPCA-15 accumulated in the year was 3.53%, above the index of the same period in the previous year (3.15%). The index accumulated in the last 12 months (4.57%) also surpassed that of the immediately previous 12 months (4.44%). In September 2009, IPCA-15 had been 0.19%.

After two month with rates close to zero (-0.09% in July and -0.05% in August), IPCA-15 rose again and reached 0.31% in September. Most groups and services surveyed presented increase from August to September, as shown in the table below.

Food products were the main items accounting for this increase, having changed from (-0.68%) in August to 0.30% in September, with a contribution of 0.07 percentage points, whereas that of August had been -0.15 percentage points.

The item meat has gotten 3.40% more expensive and led the individual contributions in the month, with rise of 0.07 percentage points. Other food products also recorded higher rates from August to September: soybean oil (from -0.01% to 5.08%), crystallized sugar (from -8.10% to 4.83%), fruits (from 0.82% to 3.17%), wheat flour (from 0.70% to 2.51%) and bread rolls (from 0.04% to 2.11%).

Non-food products rose 0.31% in September, being above the 0.14% of August.

Transportation (from 0.02% to 0.33%) was the second biggest group contribution, with 0.06 percentage points in the month. The liter of gasoline got 0.77% expensive, having risen 0.31% in the month of August, whereas ethanol, although 2.08% more expensive, had a rate below the 4.99% of the previous month. Besides, the prices of airline fares (-10.31% in August) rose 7.56% in September.

By reflecting the new collection of the season, apparel items rose (0.50%), whereas in August they had increased (-0.09%).

Among the indexes by area, the highest one was recorded in Goiânia (0.48%) where gasoline changed by 3.47% and food products rose 0.83%. The lowest one was recorded Recife (-0.29%) mainly due to the fall (-0.87%) of the prices of food products. See below the table with result by area:

For the calculation of IPCA-15, prices were collected in the period between August 14 and September 13 and compared to those in effect from July 14 and August 13. The indicator refers to families with monthly income ranging from 1 to 40 minimum wages and encompasses the metropolitan areas of Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte, Recife, São Paulo, Belém, Fortaleza, Salvador and Curitiba, besides Brasília and Goiânia. The methodology used is the same as that of IPCA; the difference lies in the period of data collection.