US EditionIt Should Wait Until 2030 to Have a New Cpi and Would Cost at Least Us$5 Million
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To have a new rate of inflation (IPC) it would have to wait, they confirmed to THE NATION in the Indec, until 2030, if, as the Minister of Economy Luis Caputo said, another survey must be conducted to understand the consumption of Argentines. That process will involve throwing away the survey made by Jorge Todesca, the man who transparently reported the statistics, and start a new operation that would cost at least US$5 million.
The postponement of the update of the CPI basket forces us to continue to measure products that have disappeared almost completely from daily life in the country, while current mass consumptions remain off the radar. What the methodological manual on these ghostly products says. By the newspaper El Ciudadano, de Rosario (www.elcidanoweb.com) The Government's decision to postpone indefinitely the update of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket, o…
The postponement of the update of the CPI basket forces us to continue measuring products that remained in time. What the methodological manual says about these “ghost” consumptions
In the midst of the controversy at INDEC, Luis Caputo confirmed that a new household survey will be carried out to calculate the inflation rate. Since 2017, the CPI is taking stock of prices throughout the country and is structured into a basket that weighs the consumption patterns of families according to the Household Expenditure and Income Survey 2004/05. The measurement Marco Lavagna had worked on before resigning his position was to be base…
The Government's decision to postpone the update of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket, originally planned for January of this year, generates a statistical distortion, since 2004 consumption parameters are used. According to a report by Mariana Leiva for the Check site, this delay causes the agency to formally relieve prices of items that have disappeared almost completely from the daily life of Argentines, while current massive consumptions…
Buenos Aires, February 5, 2026-Total News Agency-TNA-The Government's decision to postpone without date the update of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket revealed a statistical paradox that is bordering on the absurdity: the inflation that the Argentine State measures today continues to be based on consumption patterns of more than two decades ago. In practice, the official calculation continues to use habits of 2004, forcing the INDEC to reli…
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