Reuters: US Dollar Report: Brazil annual inflation returns to target range in April

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Brazil annual inflation returns to target range in April May 8th 2013, 12:06 Tweet Share this Email Print Related Topics Stocks » Currencies » Bonds News » Bonds » Markets » Financials » Wed May 8, 2013 8:06am EDT SAO PAULO, May 8 (Reuters) - Brazil's benchmark IPCA consumer price index rose 6.49 percent in the 12 months through April, slowing from the previous month to just beneath the government's target ceiling of 6.5 percent, statistics agency IBGE said on Wednesday. Consumer prices rose 0.55 percent in April from March, accelerating from a gain of 0.47 percent in the previous month. The increase was above the median forecast for a rise of 0.47 percent in a Reuters poll. Below is the result for each price category: March April - Food and beverages 1.14 0.96 - Housing 0.51 0.62 - Household articles 0.11 0.63 - Apparel 0.15 0.65 - Transport -0.09 -0.19 - Health and personal care 0.32 1.28 - Personal expenses 0.54 0.61 - Education 0.56 0.10 - Communication 0.13 -0.32 - IPCA 0.47 0.55 Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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