They claim that pensions will beat inflation

Along these lines, the observatory explained that “analyzing accumulated inflation up to October (41.8%), expectations place accumulated inflation up to December at around 50.7%, achieving a recovery in real terms of retirements.”

In this way, the minimum will reach $ 29,061.6 in December and “will exceed having been reached by updating for inflation in the year by $ 375 (+ 1.3%)”.

Meanwhile, it was argued that if the suspended mobility formula had been applied throughout 2021, “accumulating the corresponding increases, pensions would have increased by 48.6%, remaining below inflation and the formula effectively applied. “.

“The formula that generated the loss of 19.5% of the purchasing power of pensions between 2018 and 2019, in 2021 would continue to adjust pensions below inflation in a highly hostile context given the consequences of the pandemic, while with the new mobility formula all retirees and pensioners had higher incomes than they would have received with the previous formula “, they assured.

In addition, he pointed out that three extraordinary bonuses were granted during the year: “two of $ 1,500 in April and May; and one of $ 5,000 in August to more than 3.5 million retirees and pensioners who receive income. minimum, and when considering the bonuses, a retiree of the minimum received $ 12,359 more than if their assets had been updated by the suspended formula, which implied an increase in income of 4.6% compared to the previous formula, “they indicated.

In the same sense, for the period from December 2019 to December 2021, “A person who charges the minimum will have received $ 6,703 more than if the assets had been adjusted by the suspended formula.”