For example, the reported 2013 inflation rate was 5.9% (compared to a 4.5% target); but prices for food, a major share of most households’ budgets, rose by 8.4%, hitting the poor especially hard. The Rousseff administration has kept the reported inflation rate artificially low by suppressing prices for state-run services.
Doch die Preise für Lebensmittel, die einen großen Teil der Ausgaben der meisten Haushalte bilden, stiegen um 8,4 Prozent, wovon besonders die Armen schwer betroffen sind.