BRAZILIAN MONTHLY INFLATION DIPS SLIGHTLY
Brazilian consumer prices rose
13.9 pct in February, compared with January's record rate of
16.8 pct, the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute
(IBGE) said in a statement.
    The February rise brought the increase in consumer prices
since the introduction of the anti-inflation Cruzado Plan a
year ago to 62.5 pct.
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