{"id":690,"date":"2025-05-03T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/?p=690"},"modified":"2025-05-03T17:21:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T17:21:04","slug":"inflacao-abaixo-do-esperado-alivio-real-ou-miragem-estatistica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/inflacao-abaixo-do-esperado-alivio-real-ou-miragem-estatistica\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower-than-expected inflation: real relief or statistical mirage?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The inflation forecast for 2025 has been revised downwards, with projections now indicating 5.55%, according to the UOL Economy<\/a>. At first glance, this reduction seems to signal a truce in the rise in prices. But the number, in isolation, hides more than it reveals. Are we facing real relief or just a statistical mirage?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The answer requires going beyond the Focus bulletin and analyzing economic fundamentals. Inflation in Brazil is not just a cyclical phenomenon: it is a chronic symptom of a government that spends too much, taxes poorly and constantly interferes with the dynamics of production. Even with the revised estimate, inflation remains above the target established by the National Monetary Council, which indicates that the problem is far from being resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The makeup of projections<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lowering the inflation forecast does not necessarily mean that prices are under control. The new estimate is partly due to the artificial restraint of domestic consumption, caused by high interest rates, expensive credit and stagnant incomes. When the population consumes less, prices do not rise \u2014 but this is not a virtue of effective monetary policy: it is a consequence of a stagnant economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, indexes such as the IPCA are made up of weighted averages. While some items fall (such as household appliances or fuel), others rise aggressively, such as food, energy or health plans. The average Brazilian does not live by averages: he lives by the reality of the supermarket, the electricity bill and the pharmacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Inflation is political, not just statistical<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As we show in \u201cThe new invisible tax\u201d<\/a>, inflation operates as an indirect mechanism for government revenue collection. By issuing currency to cover deficits and maintain privileges, the government transfers the cost of fiscal irresponsibility to the population, eroding wages and distorting prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The expectation of lower inflation may please the markets, but it does not solve the structural problem: Brazil remains hostage to a model in which the State consumes more than it delivers. And this contaminates the entire economic dynamic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trust is the true thermometer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

According to the Value Invest<\/a>, projections remain above the center of the target and the Central Bank operates under political pressure, which reduces its autonomy and effectiveness. Without institutional credibility, any improvement in the statistics tends to be viewed with skepticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we discussed in \u201cThe false neutrality of state currency\u201d<\/a>, currency has lost its function as a store of value when subordinated to political interests. Predictability and stability require more than technical reports: they require fiscal responsibility and a commitment to economic freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conclusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lower inflation may seem like good news \u2014 but when it\u2019s accompanied by recession, high interest rates, and excessive government control, relief is illusory. It\u2019s like celebrating a lowered fever in a sedated patient: the symptom has disappeared, but the disease remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brazil needs a profound reform: less intervention, more trust. And this cannot be achieved with optimistic statistics, but with real changes in the way economic policy is conducted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udce9 Want to understand how inflation affects your life \u2014 and why it's so much more than just a number? Subscribe to the newsletter Economic Radar<\/strong> and receive our analyses directly in your email.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A previs\u00e3o da infla\u00e7\u00e3o para 2025 caiu para 5,55%, mas isso representa mesmo al\u00edvio para o brasileiro? Neste post, analisamos como essa queda esconde uma realidade de estagna\u00e7\u00e3o econ\u00f4mica, perda de poder de compra e maquiagem estat\u00edstica usada para manter o modelo fiscal insustent\u00e1vel do Estado.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow55rbCw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[336,15,567,73,98,378,69,553],"class_list":["post-690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economia-e-politica-monetaria","tag-controle-estatal","tag-economia-brasileira","tag-estatisticas-oficiais","tag-inflacao","tag-liberdade-economica","tag-moeda-estatal","tag-politica-monetaria","tag-radar-economico"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}