Basic Baskets Accelerated in October and Rose Above Inflation
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The cost of the basic baskets accelerated again in October and, unlike what had happened in September, they recorded higher increases than inflation, which was 2.2 in the same month. The basic food basket (CBA), which determines the threshold of indigence, rose 3.1 per cent, while the total basic basket (CBT), used to measure poverty, advanced 3.5 per cent. Data were published by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec). In addi…
The figure was published on Thursday by the Indec, along with the inflation data of the same month, which was 2.2%. Meanwhile, it needed $7611,261 to not be considered indigent.
The cost of the Basic Food Basket (CBA) registered a new increase during September 2026, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE). Among the products that reported the highest increases were onion, tomato, potatoes, tortillas and beans. According to the report, the monthly cost per person in the area [...]
Buenos Aires, Nov 12 (Latin Press) In Argentina the Total Basic Basket (CBT) climbed 3.5 percent in October, the biggest increase since January, and a family today needs a million 690 thousand pesos ($1,080) to not be poor, very high threshold for many. The post Argentines pay more and more to be able to eat first appeared on News Prensa Latina.
The cost of living again put pressure on family income during October. According to the data released this Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC), a family of four needed $1,690,000 monthly to not fall below the poverty line, after the Total Basic Basket (CBT) recorded an increase of 3.5%, the largest since January 2026. The update greatly exceeded the general inflation of the same period, which was placed at 2.2%.…
Both the basket that determines the poverty line and the basket used to measure indigence rose above general inflation.
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