BRAZILIAN MONTHLY INFLATION DIPS SLIGHTLY

  Brazilian consumer prices rose
  13.9 pct in February, compared with January's record rate of
  16.8 pct, the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute
  (IBGE) said in a statement.
      The February rise brought the increase in consumer prices
  since the introduction of the anti-inflation Cruzado Plan a
  year ago to 62.5 pct.
  

