The Consumer Price Index increased more than 2%, something that has not happened since April. The market expects it to remain above that threshold until January.
Inflation accelerated to 2.1% in Septemberas reported by INDEC this Tuesday. Within the food and beverage division, which is the one with the greatest impact on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), increases in fruits and vegetables stood out, mainly due to seasonal factors.
At the category level, prices Regulated were the ones that rose the most (+2.6%). However, the Seasonal They were the ones that showed the greatest acceleration since, after having fallen 0.8% in August, in September they rose 2.2%. Likewise, the CPI Core showed an advance of 1.9%.
At the division level, among the five with the highest incidence at the national level, the increases in Dwelling (+3.1%) and Transport (+3%). In Greater Buenos Aires (GBA), within the first category, the increases in rentals (+3.5%) and rates of public services (+3.1%), while in the second they highlighted jumps of 3.4% in fuels and 3.3% in acquisition of vehicles.
Food and drinks showed a national average increase of 1.9%. In the GBA, the most relevant increases were seen in vegetables (+6.1%) and fruit (+4.1%). Specifically, heThe basic products that increased the most in this region were the following:
- Round tomato (+30.9%)
- Lemon (+16.6%)
- Anco squash (+7.1%)
- Banana (+5.7%)
- Common wheat flour 000 (+5.2%)
- Onion (+5.1%)
- Still water (+4.9%)
- Delicious apple (+4.6%)
- Orange (+4.6%)
- Packaged water crackers (+4.1%)
It is worth noting that since April general inflation did not exceed 2% monthly. In accordance with the expectations of the BCRA’s REM, the city expects that only in January 2026 will the CPI return to below that threshold.
Source: Ambito
