According to data from the CABA statistics institute, the total basic basket rose 2.2%. The basic food basket, meanwhile, advanced 0.9%.
A Buenos Aires family needed $1,588,250 to be middle class in OctoberIn turn, those who are in a fragile situation, on the verge of poverty, had to obtain at least last month $1,015,901.54and in order not to fall into destitution the figure rose to $550,349.53.
This Tuesday the Institute of Statistics and Censuses of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) reported that the cost of The Total Basic Basket (CBT), which measures the poverty line, rose 2.2% in the tenth month of the year to be located in the $1,015,902.
For its part, the Basic Food Basket (CBA)which is used as the threshold of the indigence line, showed an advance of just 0.9% to $550,350.
It is worth remembering that the CBA includes a set of foods and food products that are part of the structure or consumption pattern of the city’s population, in quantities that satisfy the energy requirements of an “equivalent adult”which refers to an adult man between 30 and 59 years of age with moderate activity.
The institute’s methodology clarifies that the basket reflects the household food tastes and preferences according to what was observed in the reference population and conforms to the greatest possible degree with the nutrient intake recommendations, at the lowest possible cost.
In parallel, CBT incorporates non-food goods and services considered basiclinked to housing, education, transportation and communications, among others. Furthermore, the values mentioned previously correspond to a household composed of a woman and a man aged 35 years, both economically active and homeowners, and two male children aged 9 and 6.
Source: Ambito
