FX.co ★ Brazil Producer Prices Edge Up in December

Brazil’s producer prices rose 0.12% month-over-month in December 2025, with prices increasing in 12 of the 24 industrial activities surveyed. The largest advances were recorded in extractive industries (3.13%), metallurgy (2.24%), machinery and electrical equipment (1.87%), and other transport equipment (1.74%). Food products (-0.76%) exerted the main downward pressure on the overall index. By economic category, prices increased 0.53% for capital goods and 0.34% for intermediate goods, while consumer goods declined 0.25%. For 2025 as a whole, the Producer Price Index (PPI) posted a decrease of 4.53%, the same rate as the 12-month accumulated figure.