US EditionThe Use of Savings for Daily Expenses Doubled in the Last 20 Years: How Argentines Organize Their Economy
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This is revealed by a report by Indec, which also shows a very important rise in the number of people who must resort to that strategy.
According to INDEC, 37.4 per cent of families used their saved funds to cover expenditures in 2025, compared with 19.9 per cent in 2003.
During the first half of 2025, 37.4 per cent of the families consulted recorded some form of indebtedness, a figure that doubled the levels observed two decades ago and showed the deterioration of the solvency capacity of households to face daily expenses without compromising future income or accumulated wealth. The data indicate that in the face of insufficient monetary income from work, non-work or in kind, families had to intensify survival s…
These are official data disseminated from INDEC.
The report of the Permanent Household Survey (EPH) of the first semester of 2025 revealed the financial collapse of the social base. 40% of households had to liquidate their savings to face the day-to-day.
"19.9% of households resorted to the use of savings in 2003, while in 2025 that value climbed to 37.4%. Bank and financial lending strategies increased by 10.8 percentage points and the use of credit card or payment in trust increased by 28.9 percentage points between 2003 and 2025," said Indec. Half of households in Argentina implement various strategies to supplement monetary income to cover expenses, such as the use of savings, sale of belong…
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