The Government made official this week the appointment of Martín Pollera as Secretary of Domestic Trade, replacing Guillermo Hang.
In the provision, in addition, the resignation of Hang was accepted, who was thanked “the valuable services rendered in the performance of said office”.
The former official resigned a month after taking office to replace Roberto Feletti, after Batakis’ appointment as Minister of Economy, within the framework of the renewal of the economic team.
The consumer price index rose 5.3% in June
The consumer price index (CPI) registered an increase of 5.3% in June, with which it accumulated a rise of 36.2% in the first half of the year, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) reported on Thursday. ).
Thus, in the last twelve months the index marked an advance of 64%specified the agency.
With the rise of 5.3% in June the Government was unable to consolidate the downward trend registered in Maywhen the CPI had an increase of 5.1%, after 6% in April and 6.7% in March, when inflation reached its peak so far this year.
The item that registered the greatest increase was Healthwith a rise of 7.4%, which was influenced by the increase in the share of prepaid medicine and drug prices.
It was followed by Housing, water, electricity and other fuels, with 6.8%, due to the incidence of the increase in electricity and gas rates, and the parity of building managers in housing expenses, and Alcoholic beverages and tobacco, with 6.7%.
Meanwhile, the category Food and non-alcoholic beverages showed an increase of 4.6% and was once again the category with the greatest incidence in all regions in the evolution of the consumer price index.
Source: Ambito
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