The Consumer Price Index for March stood at 287.9% year-on-year and was the highest inflation figure in 33 years, since March 1991.
He March Consumer Price Index (CPI) slowed to 11%while in the first quarter it accumulated 51.6% and in the year-on-year comparison it reached 287.9%as reported this Friday by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC).
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The division with the highest incidence in all regions was again food and non-alcoholic beverages (10.5%)where the increases in Meats and derivatives; Milk, dairy products and eggs; Vegetables, tubers and legumes; and Bread and cereals.


The divisions that suffered the greatest increase in the third month of the year were education (+52.7%), as a result of the start of classes and an increase in private school fees, followed by communication (+15.9%)due to increases in telephone and internet services, and housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (13.3%)due to increases in electricity service.
In this context, baskets that measure the poverty and indigence threshold increased 11.9% and 10.9%respectively.
In this way, a typical family made up of four members – two older and two younger – needed in March $773,385 not to be poor and ones $358,048.65 so as not to fall into indigence.
Inflation: what are the 10 products that increased the most in GBA?
Within the consumer prices of a selection of food, drinks and other items for him G.B.A., There are products that increased up to 67%. What are the products with the greatest increase?
- Lettuce per kg ↑ 66.7%
- Tomato per kg ↑ 56.3%
- Onion per kg ↑ 24.3%
- Eggs per dozen ↑ 20.8%
- Sardinian cheese per kg ↑ 20.4%
- Disposable diapers ↑ 19.8%
- Milk per liter ↑ 18.8%
- Dulce de leche per 400g ↑ 17.9%
- Pategras cheese per kg ↑ 17.7%
- Vienna sausage ↑ 15.9%
Inflation: what are the 7 products that fell in GBA?
Just as there were products of a selection of food, drinks and other items which is done for the G.B.A. that increased well above inflation and reached six times it, there are others that fell to -5.6% due to seasonality. What are the products that went down?
- Lemon kg ↓ 6.8%
- Banana kg ↓ 5.6%
- Anco squash kg ↓ 3.7%
- Delicious apple kg ↓ 2.3%
- Sweet potato kg ↓ 1.9%
- Sugar kg ↓ 1.9%
- Potato kg ↓ 0.1%
Fruits Vegetables Prices Inflation Prices

March inflation: there are vegetables that fell up to 5.6% due to seasonality.
Mariano Fuchila
Upon reaching the 287.9%March inflation was ranked as the highest since March 1991, specifically in 33 years.
Source: Ambito