Pedro Pena, Economist: "If Inflation Exceeds 2.2%, It Would Be Bad News"

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Pedro Pena, an economist, referred to the decline in inflation and the policy of accumulation of reserves.

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On CNN Radio Argentina, economist Pedro Pena addressed the drop in inflation and the reserve accumulation policy. On CNN Primera Mañana, he stated that "May inflation is projected to be around 2%, a figure that, if confirmed, would reinforce the downward trend seen in recent months. However, he emphasized that "if it exceeds 2.2%, it would be bad news." In this regard, the economist stated that "prices surveyed over the last four weeks confirm t…

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Analysts agree that the CPI of the fifth month of the year registered a slowdown compared to the month of April. The improvement would have been driven by exchange rate stability, lower taxes and a food slowdown.

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After the INDEC announced that April inflation had slowed down by 0.8 percentage points compared to March, the government is excited to deepen the decline in the Consumer Price Index (CPI).In this sense, after reaching the lowest CPI in January of this year (2.2%) since July 2020, Javier Milei's administration is excited to break 2% monthly in the short term.In this regard, Alberto Fernández's economist and former advisor, Antonio Aracre, said i…

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In May 2025, inflation in Argentina showed a marked slowdown, with private estimates that put it between 1.5% and 2.1%, being the lowest since May 2020. This decrease is mainly attributed to the stability in food and beverage prices, which even recorded a slight fall of 0.04% during the second week of the month. However, June begins with increases in key services such as electricity, gas, transport, fuels, water, education and tolls, which could…

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Argentina’s inflation during May could be the lowest in five years. According to the main estimates of private sector consultants, that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of the fifth month of the year would again reflect a new slowdown to be between 1.8% and 2%. The last data reported by Indec pointed out that the indicator slowed down in April when registering an advance of 2.8%, thus marking an accumulated variation of 11.6% in the first four mon…