They warn of an acceleration in food prices at the end of the month

The food prices They rose 1.7% in the fourth week of October according to a private report that by the third week had detected a deflation of 0.1%.

According to the consulting firm LCG, food between Thursday, October 17 and Wednesday, October 23 advanced 1.7%, the highest variation since the first week of July.

Due to this jump, the monthly average increase went to 2.3%, while the four-week “end-to-end” measurement stood at 3.3%.

This increase was driven by increases in fruits (5.7%), dairy products and eggs 4.6%, and beverages and infusions (4.2%).

Studies until the third week of October encouraged the possibility that October inflation would be below 3%, precisely due to the stability of food prices.

LCG is the first consultancy to measure the fourth week and detect a much higher variation than previous ones.

According to an analysis by Orlando Ferreres’ study, in the first three weeks of October the price variation was 2.1%.

For PriceStats directed by Alberto Cavallo, inflation as of October 20 was 2.36%, which is the lowest for the last three years.

With data until Monday the 20th, Libertad y Progreso points to an inflation of 2.7%, after surveying about 20 thousand prices.

For its part, Equilibra published its work with a price variation of 0.6% in the third week of this month. This means a four-week average of 2.9%, while for the entire month it would be 3.2%.

Meanwhile, for Eco GO, which is run by Marina Dal Poggetto, in the third week of the month, food registered an increase of 3.2%, which allows us to project a monthly variation of 3%. “The smaller increase in food compared to what was projected was offset by larger increases in other items,” Eco Go said.