02/27/2024 – 10:20
The adjustment of school fees at the beginning of the year was mainly responsible for the increase in the Broad National Consumer Price Index – 15 (IPCA-15), in February, which rose 0.78%. In the year, the IPCA-15 accumulated an increase of 1.09% and, in 12 months, of 4.49%, reported the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
Of the nine groups of products and services surveyed, eight registered increases in February. The biggest change (5.07%) came from Education, with an impact of 0.30 percentage points for the IPCA-15.
According to IBGE, the largest contribution in the sector came from regular courses (6.13%), due to the readjustments usually carried out at the beginning of the academic year. The biggest variations were:
- High school (8.58%);
- Elementary education (8.23%);
- Preschool (8.14%);
- Daycare (5.91%).
Technical course (6.01%), Higher education (3.74%) and postgraduate studies (2.81%) also registered increases.
The only group that saw a decline in prices was Clothing, with a drop of 0.39% after rising 0.22% in January.
Other highlights were the groups Food and beverages (0.97% and 0.20 pp) and Health and personal care (0.76% and 0.10 pp). The other variations were between 0.14% for Housing and 1.67% for Communication.
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