Transportation and food expenses were the main factors that contributed to the increase in inflation in October. According to information from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the IPCA-15 jumped from 0.09% in September to 0.58% in October.
The transport (1.65%) and food (0.44%) groups were the main responsible for accelerating the IPCA-15, accounting for about 70% of the index for the month. The accumulated in the year reached 3.83% and the accumulated in the 12 months was 4.53%.
For food, prices ranged from a fall of 0.41% to a high of 0.44% this month. The highest increases were observed in the price of tomatoes (+16.76), fruit (+ 1.90%) and meat (+ 0.98%).
However, the item that most contributed to the rise in inflation was gasoline. Learn more about it by clicking on this link.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.