New-home sales posted the biggest monthly jump in nearly two decades last month, reaching the highest level since mid-2008.

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Elsewhere, home builders' confidence in July had the biggest monthly jump in nearly a decade, another sign of optimism in the housing market.

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For one thing, the monthly figures jump about enormously.

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The 1.1% jump in monthly prices in March was almost twice that expected and forced the annual pace of change to 3.3%.

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All told, food and beverage prices in Brazil rose 1.08 percent month over month, pushing the increase in tradable goods prices to 0.64 pecent monthly in September, a sharp jump from 0.22 percent in August.

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