The inflation radar, monthly published, aims at monitoring the inflation rates in the Fortaleza metropolitan área, in comparison to the national inflation. The document contains six indicators: IPCA monthly variation, IPCA 12 months accumulated variation, IPCA yearly accumulated variation, IPCA monthly variation per group, 12 months accumulated variation per group, INPC monthly variation, and INPC 12 month accumulated variation.
The document relies on information related to the IPCA, an índex that the National Monetary Council (CMN) uses to establish the official inflation target in Brazil, and the national cental bank (BC) uses to set the SELIC interest rate. In addition to the , the radar also shows two INPC indicators, which is the inflation índex regarding the families with income 1 to 5 minimum wages.
