A Family Needed $1,469,000 Not to Be Poor in April, According to INDEC
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The total basic food basket rose 2.5% in April, and a typical family needed $1,469,768 to avoid being considered poor, in a context marked by a loss of purchasing power, wages lagging behind prices, and an economy that continues to show signs of stagnation. Salaries for retail, municipal, and nursing employees remain below the poverty line. Meanwhile, newly hired teachers barely earn $700,000. Many are closer to the extreme poverty line. The bas…
According to INDEC data, basic food baskets and totals increased by 1.1% and 2.5% in April 2026 compared to March, respectively.
The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) published the values of the basic food baskets for April. Both the Basic Food Basket (CBA) and the Total Basic Basket (CBT) rose less than inflation in the fourth month of the year. Jujuy al día ® – INDEC released its main price reports for April. According to the [...] The entry "A typical Argentine family needs $1,469,768 per month to avoid poverty" was first published on Jujuy al día.
The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec) reported on Thursday that April inflation was 2.6 per cent, which resulted in a rise of 2.5 per cent in the Total Basic Basket (CBT) and 1.5 per cent in the Basic Food Basket (CBA). In these terms, the consumer price index (CPI) increased 2.6 per cent in April compared to March, and 32.4 per cent year-on-year, so that accumulated inflation in the 2026 period is 12.3%. The Total Basic Bask…
The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) announced that the Basic Food Basket (CBA) of April suffered an increase of 1.1% compared to March, while the Total Basic Basket (CBT) increased by 2.5% The numbers of the CBA indicate that the variation compared to the previous month was 1.1%, while the cumulative variation of the year was positioned in the order of 12.8% and the year-on-year accumulation was 32.4%. On the other hand, th…
A typical family in the Greater Mendoza needed in April 2026 to have at least $1,361,503.74 in order not to fall into poverty. That is the value reached by the Total Basic Basket (CBT) for a reference household of four people, according to the data disseminated by the Indec for the agglomeration. The indigence line, which measures the cost of the Basic Food Basket (CBA) - that is, only the essential foods - was located at $569,666,84 for the sam…
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