Reuters: US Dollar Report: Brazil's inflation eases to 6.09 pct in 12 months through August

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Brazil's inflation eases to 6.09 pct in 12 months through August Sep 6th 2013, 12:05 Tweet Share this Email Print Related Topics Currencies » Bonds News » Bonds » Markets » Financials » Fri Sep 6, 2013 8:05am EDT SAO PAULO, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Brazil's benchmark IPCA consumer price index rose 6.09 percent in the 12 months through August, down from 6.27 percent in the prior month and in line with market expectations, government statistics agency IBGE said on Friday. The central bank targets inflation at 4.5 percent, with a tolerance margin of 2 percentage points. On a monthly basis, the IPCA index rose 0.24 percent, compared with market expectations for a rise of 0.25 percent, according to the median forecast of 29 economists. Below is the result for each price category: August July - Food and beverages 0.01 -0.33 - Housing 0.57 0.57 - Household articles 0.89 0.28 - Apparel 0.08 -0.39 - Transport -0.06 -0.66 - Health and personal care 0.45 0.34 - Personal expenses 0.39 1.13 - Education 0.67 0.11 - Communication 0.02 0.20 - IPCA 0.24 0.03 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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