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Last year, the price of the basic basket rose in the 18 capitals surveyed by the Department of Statistics and Socio-Economic Studies (Union).
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French Bread was one of the items in the basic basket that increased most in the last year – Archivo / Agência Brasil
According to (15, 46%), Brasilia (14.76%) and Belo Horizonte (13.03%), and the lowest in Recife (2%)., 53%) and Christmas (3.09%).
Prices the highest during this period were: whole milk, tomatoes, French bread, beef of choice, rice and potato.
Taking into account only the month of December, the value base basket rose in 15 of the 18 research capitals studied by Dieese, with prices increasing further in Goiânia (5.65%), Salvador (4.13%) and Natal (2.77%). Prices fell in Fortaleza (-3.48%), Vitória (-1.17%) and São Luis (-0.40%).
Last month, the most expensive basket was that of São Paulo, which cost on average R $ 471.44, then there are those of Rio e Janeiro (R $ 466.75), Porto Alegre (R $ 464.72) and Florianópolis (R $ 457.82). The lowest baseline values were found in Recife (R $ 340.57), Natal (R $ 341.40) and Salvador (R $ 343.82).
In November and December of last year, the potato price rose in all the capitals badyzed, as the dry climate hampered production in the central-south of the country. Soybean oil climbed in 16 of the 18 capital cities polled because some of the crude oil was used to make biodiesel. The price of premium beef, which is out of season and has reached an export record, has increased in 15 cities.
Based on the country's most expensive basket – that of São Paulo – Dieese, calculated at R $ 3,960.57 as the value of the salary. minimum necessary in December to cover the expenses of a worker and his family with food, housing, health, education, clothing, hygiene, transport, leisure and social security. The value is 4.15 times the minimum wage in effect in December (R $ 954).
