The deflation recorded in August by the IPCA was 0.32%, with the Itaipu bonus as the main factor, which reduced electricity prices across the country. However, the result cannot be explained solely by this effect, since four of the nine groups of goods and services monitored by IBGE registered deflation in the month: Housing, Transportation, Food and beverages, and Communication. In the 12-month accumulated, the index stood at 4.22%, within the target range.
In the Housing group, the decline was 1.87%, the lowest for an August month since the Real Plan, driven mainly by residential electricity, which fell 7.63%. In Transportation, the deflation of 0.86% was influenced mainly by the 13.17% drop in airline tickets and 0.91% in fuels, with declines in ethanol, diesel oil, and gasoline.
The article also mentions that food inflation was 54.2% under the Bolsonaro government and 13.6% under the Lula government, but highlights that the consumer doesn't feel relief. In Food and beverages, there were significant drops in other groups, although the text was interrupted before specifying all the details of this group.
