The Economics and Development Section of CEAGESP carries out, on a daily basis, the price quotation wholesale at the Warehouses. The data collected from the market by a group of researchers also serve as a reference for government agencies, rural producers, traders, associations linked to the food sector and universities.
To carry out a price survey for CEAGESP units, click here and, in the “Model” field of the form, select the option: “Most common wholesale price in all Ceasas per Federation Unit“
Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for the Municipality of São Paulo is the most traditional indicator of the evolution of the cost of living of families in São Paulo and one of the oldest in Brazil. It began to be calculated in January 1939 by the Statistics and Documentation Division of the Municipality of São Paulo.
In 1968, the responsibility for the calculation was transferred to the Institute of Economic Research, linked to the Department of Economics at USP, and later in 1973, with the creation of Fipe, to this institution. It estimates the variations in the cost of living for families with a family income between 1 and 10 times the minimum wage. Check Indices and Indicators at FIPE.
Extended National Consumer Price Index – IPCA and National Consumer Price Index – INPC
The National System of Consumer Price Indexes – SNIPC performs the continuous and systematic production of consumer price indices, having commercial and service establishments, public service concessionaires and households as collection unit ). The INPC and IPCA collection period generally extends from the 1st to the 30th of the reference month.
The INPC target population includes families with monthly incomes between 1 and 5 minimum wages, whose reference person is a salaried worker in their main occupation and resident in the urban areas of the regions; the IPCA covers families with monthly incomes between 1 and 40 minimum wages, whatever the source of income, and residing in the urban areas of the regions.
Indexers with specific objectives are also produced, as is currently the case with the Special National Consumer Price Index – IPCA-E. As of May 2000, the Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 – IPCA-15 was made available through the Internet.
Other indices were released in the following periods: Consumer Price Index – IPC (March 1986 to February 1991); Tax Value Readjustment Index – IRVF (June 1990 to January 1991); Basic Food Basket Index – ICB (August 1990 to January 1991); Minimum Wage Readjustment Index – IRSM (January 1992 to June 1994); National Special Consumer Price Index – INPC-E (November 1992 to June 1994); Consumer Price Index series r – CPI-r (July 1994 to June 1995). The research started in 1979.