The IPCA-15 of February brought an increase of 3.61 % in education, the highest change.  In this group, the increase of monthly fees of formal education courses was 4.09%, showing the typical practice of readjustments in the beginning of the school year. It was the item with the major individual contribution in the index of the month: 0.20 percentage points.  The metropolitan area of Fortaleza was the only one which did not have increase, as a consequence of the different period of readjustment.  The other areas had results which ranged from 2.96% in Rio de Janeiro to 6.44% in Goiânia.  In the monthly fees of diverse courses (languages, computer science, etc.), the change was 4.32%.

In the group food products, the hike was 1.13%, below the rate of January (1.96%).  Beans (10.46% in February, compared to 28.34% in January), despite the lowest change, continued with its prices high. On the other hand, meats (4.05% in January) had cheaper prices in February (-0.99%).

The rate of non-food products was 0.97%, compared to 0.35% of January, as a consequence of the increase in the fares of urban buses in Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre and Recife, besides the readjustment of school monthly fees.  Fuels (-1.09%) brought the lowest contribution: -0.05 percentage points.  The price of gasoline became 1.17% cheaper, and alcohol decreased by 1.42%.

Recife brought the major index by area (1.15 %), due, mainly, to the increases of urban buses (9.38%). Curitiba (0.47%) and Porto Alegre (0.45%) had the lowest results.