Your Brazilian Power Bill Just Dropped: The Itaipú Bonus Explained

Money: Brazil Key Facts —Brazil’s mid-month inflation gauge, the IPCA-15, fell 0.40 percent in August, the first monthly deflation of 2026, against a 0.31 percent consensus decline. —Residential electricity fell 6.25 percent, the biggest drop since January 2025, knocking 0.26 percentage point off the monthly index. —The cause is the Itaipú bonus: R$872 million, about…