Measuring inflation in Brazil

Vol. 6 No. 2 (1986)

Apr-Jun / 1986
Published April 1, 1986
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Lopes, Francisco Lafaiete. 1986. “Measuring Inflation in Brazil”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 6 (2):259-71. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31571986-2091.
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Measuring inflation in Brazil

Francisco Lafaiete Lopes
Departamento de Economia da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro – PUC/RJ.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 6 No. 2 (1986), Apr-Jun / 1986, Pages 259-271

Abstract

This note revolves around the issue of measuring inflation. In the first part, it
rememorates the history of inflation indexes to then discuss if the indexes in use in Brazil
are of Snyder type.

JEL Classification: E30; C43; E31.


Keywords: Inflation price index Snyder index