09/25/2024 – 9:43
Brazilian household spending on housing went from a 0.18% increase in August to a 0.50% increase in September, a positive contribution of 0.08 percentage points to the Broad National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) this month, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) reported this Wednesday, the 25th. The IPCA-15 rate was 0.13% in September.
Residential electricity prices went from a 0.42% decline in August to a 0.84% increase in September. The movement was driven by the entry into force of the red tariff flag level 1, starting on September 1. In addition, there was a 2.75% reduction in the tariff in Belém starting on August 7 and an average adjustment of 0.06% in one of the concessionaires in Porto Alegre on August 19.
Electricity led the ranking of pressures on the IPCA-15 in September, with a contribution of 0.03 percentage points.
Still in Housing, the water and sewage rate increased by 0.38%. There were tariff adjustments in São Paulo, an average reduction of 0.61% as of July 23; 5.81% in Salvador as of August 1; and 8.05% in Fortaleza on August 5.
Piped gas prices increased by 0.19%, as a result of the 2.77% adjustment in Rio de Janeiro starting on August 1st and the change in the structure of consumption bands on bills in Curitiba also starting on August 1st.
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