Argentina Inflation Falls to 1.7 Percent, Lowest in 14 Months
Food and utilities drove the increase as annual inflation eased to 33.5%, while the central bank survey matched the 1.7% reading.
- On Thursday, Argentina's INDEC reported August inflation slowed to 1.7 percent, marking the lowest monthly reading in 14 months and confirming a downward trajectory for the Consumer Price Index.
- President Javier Milei previously promised that monthly inflation would start with "a zero" by August 2026, though his fierce austerity measures have brought triple-digit inflation down to around 30 percent annually.
- Regulated prices rose 2.2 percent due to electricity, gas, and transport adjustments, while seasonal prices fell 0.9 percent as lower clothing costs offset increases elsewhere, Economy Minister Luis Caputo noted.
- The Economy Ministry declared the result "the lowest inflation of the last 14 months," yet industrial production contracted 2.6 percent overall during the first seven months of 2026.
- Economists surveyed by The Central Bank project annual inflation will end 2026 near 30 percent, suggesting disinflation remains unfinished as tariffs adjust and wage negotiations reopen.
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Argentina Inflation Falls to 1.7 Percent, Lowest in 14 Months
Argentina · Economy Key Facts —The headline. Argentina’s consumer prices rose 1.7% in August, the statistics agency INDEC reported on September 10 — the lowest monthly reading since June 2025 and the lowest for an August since 2017. —The big picture. Annual inflation eased to 33.5%, and prices are up 21.3% so far this year. […]
In Argentina, monthly inflation slowed to a fourteen-month low in August, vindicating President Javier Milei's economic policies, but real economic indicators remain weak.
Prices have risen by 33.5% in the last 12 months and in 2026 the government's IPC projection has already doubled.
The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) reported that the inflation of August 2026 was 1.7 per cent, the third lowest record of the management of
Monthly inflation in Argentina slowed to 1.7% in August, in the annual comparison, the lowest result since June 2025, when it stood at 1.6%, according to data released on Thursday (10) by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indic). The result is good news for President Javier Milei, amid the wear and tear caused by the government's economic agenda. The change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) also represented a slowdown in relatio…
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