The Consumer Price Index slowed to 8.3% in October and marked a strong moderation of 4.4 percentage points compared to the previous month.
Food inflation in GBA during October: which products rose and fell?
The inflation October slowed to 8.3% and in the first ten months of the year accumulated a 120% increase in prices, as reported this Monday by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC). Meanwhile, in the year-on-year comparison, the increase reached 142.7%.
In this way, the price variation of the tenth month of the year showed a moderation of 4.4 percentage points compared to September, where the Consumer Price Index (CPI) marked 12.7%.
October inflation: what increased the most and what slowed the most?
The division with the greatest increase in the month was Communication (+12.6%), due to increases in telephone and internet services. They followed Clothing and footwear (+11%)As explained by the entity, for the change of seasonand Home equipment and maintenance (+10.7%).
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For its part, the segment with the highest incidence in all regions was Food and non-alcoholic beverages (+7.7%), despite the fact that it was one of the divisions that saw the most moderate increase compared to the previous month (6.6 percentage points). While, recreation and culture (+9.8) decelerated 5.3 pp and restaurants and hotels (+8.8)which mitigated its increase by 4.4 pp
Food inflation in GBA during October: which products rose and fell?
Within the food products those that rose the most advanced above 20%. They were led by the lettucewhich almost quintupled inflation, shooting up 40.7%, followed by White rice (+35.6%), the stew noodles (+32.1%), the round tomato (+24.5%) and the lemon (+23.8%).
Meanwhile, the only one that lowered its price was the dadwhich fell 1.9%, although the price per kilo of this tuber is above $600 in the AMBA.
Source: Ambito
