{"id":71108,"date":"2026-04-14T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/shrinkflation-hits-brazilians-as-middle-east-conflict-pushes-prices-higher-economics-bitcoin-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T08:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:00:45","slug":"shrinkflation-hits-brazilians-as-middle-east-conflict-pushes-prices-higher-economics-bitcoin-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/shrinkflation-hits-brazilians-as-middle-east-conflict-pushes-prices-higher-economics-bitcoin-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrinkflation Hits Brazilians as Middle East Conflict Pushes Prices Higher \u2013 Economics Bitcoin News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-path-to-node=\"1,0,0\">With Brazil\u2019s March <span>inflation<\/span> at 4.14%, firms adopted shrinkflation, ensuring prolonged consumer pain next.<\/li>\n<li data-path-to-node=\"1,1,0\">Bloomberg notes that March food prices surged 1.56% due to Middle East war costs, ensuring tighter budgets next.<\/li>\n<li data-path-to-node=\"1,2,0\">Despite a 7% Jan. wage hike, angry voters blame Lula da Silva, making his upcoming reelection bid uncertain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Shrinkflation Hits Brazilian Households Even as Lula Jumps to Lighten the Burden<\/h2>\n<p>Shrinkflation, a term made famous by former U.S. President Joe Biden during his last reelection bid, has entered the Brazilian economy.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, companies have started changing their presentation to include fewer quantities, maintaining the same prices to keep consumers buying their products, unaware of this form of hidden <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-inflation\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">inflation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The phenomenon surges as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-inflation\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">inflation<\/a> has taken a turn for the worse, with the Brazilian economy feeling the effects of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. In March, prices rose by 0.88%, with annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-inflation\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">inflation<\/a> hitting 4.14%, above the 3.0% goal established by the central bank.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers are getting the short end of the stick in this situation, with groceries getting way too expensive even while most of the price growth comes from energy commodities. Jhully Alves, a 40-year-old cleaning lady, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-04-13\/brazil-s-lula-faces-ghost-of-biden-s-election-failure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bloomberg<\/a> that shopping had become <strong>\u201cawful.\u201d \u201cMilk, coffee, and sugar are more expensive again, and laundry detergent, too. On top of that, the quantities of numerous items are smaller,\u201d<\/strong> she stressed. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-inflation\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inflation<\/a> in food and beverages rose 1.56% in March, pushed by increases in tomatoes, onions, potatoes, and milk, according to official sources.<\/p>\n<p>People have started blaming President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva for these woes, as he campaigned on the premise of affordability and bringing better times for the Brazilian people. But now the polls, which favored him, have changed, and the outcome of the election is uncertain, complicating his reelection bid.<\/p>\n<p>Lula has not been sitting idly to combat this price acceleration, as he increased the minimum wage in January by almost 7% and expanded federal tax cuts while increasing subsidies for fossil fuels to shield consumers from the war backlash. Nonetheless, it seems that it has not been enough.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/shrinkflation-hits-brazilians-as-middle-east-conflict-pushes-prices-higher\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways: With Brazil\u2019s March inflation at 4.14%, firms adopted shrinkflation, ensuring prolonged consumer pain next. Bloomberg notes that March food prices surged 1.56% due to Middle East war costs, ensuring tighter budgets next. Despite a 7% Jan. wage hike, angry voters blame Lula da Silva, making his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":71109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}