The effects of seasonal fluctuations caused by weather and natural fluctuations in demand and supply have influenced the price of various agricultural products, leading many times to an oscillation of prices to be mistakenly linked to further factors. In an attempt to better understand how the influence of the seasonal factor works for the prices of agricultural products, this paper has the objective of analyzing the seasonal behavior the Cost of Basic Basket series (basic food) in Lavras, MG, and its components, besides making a comparison between the direct and indirect form of the disseasonalize the series of Cost of Basic Basket. The data were obtained from the UFLA Department of Administration and Economics and cover the period from January 1995 to... |