Brazil’s September inflation stands at 0.82%
Brazil’s official inflation for September – as gauged by the broad consumer price index IPCA – closed the month at 0.82 percent. This is the highest level since March 2026 (0.88%). The data were released Friday (Oct. 9) by the statistics bureau IBGE. Last month’s figure was driven up by the end of the Itaipu bonus – a discount consumers received on their August electricity bills. Notícias…
In September, Brazil's inflation rate measured by the IPCA reached 0.82 percent, marking the highest level since March 2026. This figure was mainly driven by the end of the Itaipu bonus, a discount on electricity bills that consumers received in August. The Itaipu bonus, which is a credit granted by Brazil's hydroelectric plant Itaipu, accounted for 0.32 percentage points of the increase.
Other factors contributing to the rise in inflation included a 7.98 percent increase in electricity costs and a 9.66 percent rise in airfares in the transportation sector. Despite this, the year-on-year inflation rate for September stands at 4.58 percent, which surpasses the government's target of 4.5 percent.
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