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Subjects > Consumer opinion surveys > Brazil
Country: Brazil Subject: Consumer opinion surveys
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Data prior to March 1999 is from the Institute of Geography and Statistics o Brazil, and has been linked to the more current time series.
Data from March 1999 and forward is the Index of the Consumer (ICC) from the Federaçao do comercio do Estado de São Paulo (FCESP).
Other coverage
The Index of the Consumer (ICC) is refined monthly for the Fecomercio in the metropolitan region of São Paulo since 1994.
Key statistical concept
The pointer evaluates with reliable degree what the population feels is the general situation of the country and its future conditions. The ICC is the average of 2 other pointers, the Index of Condições Econômicas Atuais (ICEA) and of the Index of Expectativas (IEC). The methodology of the ICC was developed on the basis of the Consumer Confidence Index, North American index which appeared in 1950 in the University of Michigan.
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