FGV: CPI-S accelerates to 0.25% in the 2nd four-week period of July, after a rise of 0.13% in the 1st four-week period

By Anna Scabello São Paulo, 07/16/2025 - The Weekly Consumer Price Index (IPC-S) accelerated its upward pace to 0.25% in the second four-week period of July, after an increase of 0.13% in the previous period. The information was recently released by the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV). With this result, the IPC-S now accumulates an increase of 3.93% in the last 12 months and 2.95% in 2025. There were increases in four of the eight groups that make up the IPC-S from the first to the second four-week period of July: Food (-0.15% to 0.01%), Miscellaneous Expenses (0.08% to 0.47%), Transportation (-0.27% to -0.14%), Health and Personal Care (0.05% to 0.17%), Housing (0.52% to 0.62%), Communication (-0.25% to 0.09%), and Clothing (-0.08% to 0.01%). On the other hand, Education, Reading, and Recreation lost momentum (1.10% to 0.93%). Influences The biggest individual influences that pushed the index up in this IPC-S survey came from residential electricity tariff (2.74% to 2.63%), ...