Strong descents were recorded in fruits and vegetables, which motivated the grouped “food.”
The May inflation finally pierced the 2% thresholdwhen located in the 1.5%as reported by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC). Food and drinksa sector that usually traces the index strongly, increased 0.5%, which motivated that The IPC data is the smallest in 5 years.
Among the greatest rises of food in PBA, were the ground coffee 500 grams that advanced 5.6%, followed by the frozen hamburgers of 4 units with 3.6%. They are also of the main increases: Flan dust 8 portions which rose 3.4%, butter of 200 grams with 3.2%, sunflower oil 1.5 liters with 3%, and the delicious apple with 3%.
Among the products that more descended is the lettuce per kilo that fell 25.3%, the lemon per kilo that fell 23%, followed by the orange with 10.5%, and the tomato round that fell 8.9%.
The divisions that rose the most and the ones that fell in the month
Among the divisions with the highest monthly increases were highlighted Communication (+4.1%) and Restaurants and hotels (+3%). In contrast, Food and non -alcoholic beveragesone of the highest weight categories in the index, barely rose 0.5%, contributing to the general slowdown.
At the category level, the CIVO CICE rose 2.2%, while regulated prices increased 1.3% and Seasonas fell 2.7%confirming that the decline of the month is greatly explained by transient factors.
Source: Ambito
