About 40.6% of Salary Increases Fell Well Below Inflation; Only 25.4% of Increases Exceeded the INPC in the Previous Year, According to Fipe

Written by Bruno Teles

Published on 27/01/2023 at 14:43

Updated on 27/01/2023 at 15:25

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Almost 4 in every 10 salary adjustments obtained by workers in collective negotiations in 2022 were below inflation. These data come from the Salariômetro of Fipe (Foundation for Economic Research).

40.65% of negotiated adjustments in mid-2022 were below the inflation measured by INPC, which closed the previous year at 5.93%. Only 25.4% of the agreements were higher than the INPC, with the other 34.2% equal to inflation.

In proportions, the worst month of 2022 was April, with about 54.1% of the adjustments below inflation. The average value of the minimum wage rose from over R$ 1,352 in 2021 to R$ 1,481 in 2022.

Improvement Compared to Salary Adjustments in 2021

Even with the low share, the proportion of adjustments below inflation decreased compared to 2021, when they accounted for almost half (around 49.7%) of negotiations. According to Fipe, this decline accelerated in the last months of the year. In December, 74.6% of the adjustments were above the INPC.

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Outlook for 2023

The expectation is that, with a more controlled inflation, “positive real adjustments should continue,” according to Fipe.

This real increase in salaries is extremely important because it ensures the purchasing power of the population. Even over time, with some adjustments lower than inflation, workers still lose the ability to buy the same things they consumed the previous year, worsening their living conditions.

Preliminary data from January already indicated a small improvement compared to December. In the last month, 82.4% of these adjustments were above inflation. The other 11.8% were below the INPC and more than 5.9% equal to inflation.

Despite this, the Salariômetro still reports that bank projections indicate a slowdown in the INPC throughout 2023, decreasing from 5.9% to an accumulation over 12 months until January for a rate of up to 5.6% in December.

About 40.6% of Salary Increases Fell Well Below Inflation; Only 25.4% of Increases Exceeded the INPC in the Previous Year, According to Fipe

Almost 4 in every 10 salary adjustments obtained by workers in collective negotiations in 2022 were below inflation. These data come from the Salariômetro of Fipe (Foundation for Economic Research).

Improvement Compared to Salary Adjustments in 2021

Outlook for 2023

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