date:Jul 22, 2013
ed to a 0.55 percent drop in transportprices in the month to mid-July.
Food prices, one of the main factors fueling inflationearlier this year, fell 0.18 percent from the previous month.
The majority view is that Brazilian inflation peaked lastmonth, with most analysts seeing 12-month inflation below 6percent by year-end. Most of them also call for at least two
more interest rate increases by the central bank just to ensurethat expectations for next year stay under control.
In recent months,