Inflation last month remained at 1.9% per second consecutive month. Within that framework, the food division rose 1.4%.
August inflation remained in 1.9% And it was below 2% per fourth consecutive month, according to Wednesday the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC). The most increased items were Transport (+3.6%)for the rise in acquisition of vehicles and in Fuelsfollowed by Alcoholic beverages and tobacco (+3.5%)for increases in tobacco.
INDEC also informs how the price variation in August was, taking a selection of food, drinks and other articles for the GBA. Thus, the products that most They went down In August they were:
- Lettuce per kg: worth $ 3,661.12 in August, and left $ 4,574.65 in July (-20%)
- Common wheat flour 000 per kg: worth $ 869.85 in August and left $ 905.23 in July (-3.9%)
- Simple white rice per kg: It was worth $ 1,811.63 in August and left $ 1,848.08 in July (-2%)
- Dad per kg: worth $ 855.43 in August and left $ 870.54 (-1.7%)
- Water without gas 1.5 liters: worth $ 1,397.75 in August and left $ 1,420.62 in July (-1.6%)
While the products that most They went up In August:
- Round tomato Kg: It was worth $ 2,529.01 in August and left $ 2,175.93 in June (+16.2%)
- Lemon Kg: It was worth $ 1,267.44 in August and left $ 1,119.16 in July (+13.2%)
- Banana Kg: It was worth $ 2,485.38 in August, $ 2,273.82 left in July (+9.3%)
- Deodorant 150 cc: It was worth $ 3,315.25 in August, it left $ 3,143.16 in July (+5.5%)
- Table bread 390 g: It was worth $ 3,106.53 in August, it left $ 2,976.66 in July (+4.4%)
In parallel it was also known that lAt total basic basket (CBT), which determines the poverty line, it was located at $ 1,160,780 in August for a “type” family (composed of two adults and two children). At the same time, the basic food basket (CBA), used as a threshold to measure destitution, was $ 520,529.
The cost of basic baskets increased only 1% in August, within the framework of a slowdown in food price increases.
Source: Ambito
