In the first week of December, food inflation accelerated 4.1 pp compared to the previous week, which stood at 3.3%.
The food and drink inflation of the first week of December shot up to 7.4%, according to the consulting firm LCG. In this way, the price increase of basic products in the first seven days of the month was in line with the variation of this division in October, which stood at 7.7%, just 0.3 percentage points (pp) above.
In the first week the food inflation It accelerated 4.1 pp compared to the previous week, which stood at 3.3%. Thus, the increase averages 12.3% in the last 4 weeks and 17.5% end to end in the same period.
What are the products that increased the most in the first week of December?
The dairy products and eggs led the increases with an increase of 20%, followed by the drinks and infusions to consume at home which advanced 8.7% and the condiments and other food products they climbed 6.9%.
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On the other hand, the increase in the prices of meat was 6.4%. This variation in the first week of December adds to the strong increases that this food product has been experiencing in the last month, which averaged a rise of 23% nationwide, according to sector experts.
Tomorrow the weekly price variation measured by the Ministry of Economywhich includes all divisions.
Inflation in the city of Buenos Aires rose to almost 12%
The inflation in the City of Buenos Aires it rose to 11.9% in November and went back to double digits after October marked a deceleration of 9.4%.
In this way, in the first 11 months of the year an increase of 146.4% was accumulated and in the interannual trajectory it stands at 160.6% (+14.2 percentage points above the previous month). The price variation of Food and drinks non-alcoholic in CABA accelerated to 14.2%.
Source: Ambito
