Brazil’s Producer Prices Plunge for 7th Month – Are We Heading for a Broader Slowdown?
Industrial Prices and Output According to the IBGE agency, factory‐gate prices in Brazil’s industry continued to decline in August. Prices of manufactured and extractive goods fell 0.20% from July, led by lower prices for food products, chemicals and raw materials. Of 24 industrial sub-sectors, half saw price declines (some commodities like steel and minerals fell on global markets) while only machinery/electronics prices rose modestly. IBGE notes that sugar, soy and rice (harvest-driven) and chemicals pulled overall inflation down agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br. The drop was smaller than earlier in 2025 (April was –0.12%, May –0.26%), suggesting the disinflation trend may be easing. Nevertheless,