Brazil’s Dilma celebrates decline in food prices reflected in ‘contained’ inflation

Wednesday, August 7th 2013 - 17:49 UTC

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The first decline in food prices in two years provided temporary assistance to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s efforts to tame inflation. Prices as measured by the benchmark IPCA index rose 0.03% in July and more encouraging with prospects for prices to remain unchanged. Read full article

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ChrisR
Mmm, must be easily pleased if she can claim “I would say that inflation is now entirely under control,”. I really hope it is but must say I find it unlikely.

She still has the liar Mantega as Finance Minister and he is more than capable of stuffing up the hopes of international investors all on his own.

Is it just me who considers these miniscule numbers to be within the margin of error anyway?
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Brasileiro
May be a new INDEC! Do you no knows? Brazil stay in default. Pratically no more exist. The brazilian teritory is free now. The new colonization began! Lord, please, you don't make sense.
Aug 08th, 2013 - 07:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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