The consumer price index (CPI) registered a new acceleration in February, increasing 6.6%, compared to the previous monththe National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) reported on Tuesday.
This way, retail inflation was placed six tenths above the 6% in January and accumulates a rise of 102.5% in the last 12 months.
When breaking down the advance in prices, the segment with the highest increase in the month was Food and beverages, the item with the highest weight in the index, with a jump of 9.8%, driven mainly by a soaring in the price of various cuts of meat.
The podium of the main increases was completed Communication, with 7.8%, and Miscellaneous goods and services, with 6.5%.
Inflation: what were the foods that rose the most in February in GBA
In the midst of an acceleration in price increases, in the second month of 2023 compared to the previous one, the Food and non-alcoholic beverages category was well above the average.
Thus, among the foods with the greatest variation in the GBA appeared various cuts of meat, along with the price of oranges, which jumped 72.4%. They were followed by common minced meat (+35%); the rump (34.3%); palette (+33.5%); the buttock (+32.8%); and roast (+28.6%).
Source: Ambito
