Inflation slows down for all income brackets in March

Ipea explains that the slowdown in inflation for the groups with the lowest purchasing power is due to the small increase in electricity rates and the falls in the prices of bus tickets.

Despite the sharper increase in food prices, inflation slowed down in March of this year for all income brackets, in direct comparison with February. While inflation for the very low-income class fell from 1.59% to 0.56%, the rate for the high-income segment went from 0.9% to […]