The cost of the basic food basket (CBA) rose 7.1% in JulyTherefore, a family group made up of two adults and two minors needed to receive income for $111,642 for not fall into destitutionreported this Thursday the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC).
for his partthe cost of the total basic food basket (CBT), which, in addition to food, measures the price of clothing, transportation and services, also marked a increase of 7.1% in July, Therefore, the same family group needed to have income for $248,962 not to fall below the poverty line.
This information comes after INDEC reported on Tuesday that inflation for July was 6.3%.
The division with the highest incidence in the CPI for July was Food and non-alcoholic beverages, with an increase of 5.8%, in which the increases in the prices of Bread and cereals, as well as Meat and derivatives, stood out.
The products that increased the most were Potato (34.1%), Sugar (17.1%), Firm yogurt (16.7%), White rice (12.4%), Whole milk powder (12%), Dulce de leche (10.8 %) and the kilo of Lettuce (10.7%).
Faced with this context, the Government reached a new price agreement on Monday that implies increases of 5% for the next three months, in exchange for tax improvements for companies that adhere to the initiative.
In this way, in the first seven months of the year the Food basket accumulated an increase of 66.2%, while the total basic basket rose 63.2%, compared to general inflation of 60.2% in the same period.
Meanwhile, in the last twelve months, the cost of the CBA advanced 125.7% and the CBT 123.7%, while in a similar period inflation was 113.4%.
Source: Ambito
