Inflation: Food Increased 4.3% Last Month, the Highest Monthly Increase so Far This Year
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Far from starting with “0”, as promised by Javier Milei and Luis Caputo, inflation is reheated and felt strongly in Food and Drinks. In the first week of October 2026, average inflation in food and drink registered a rise of 0.5%, accumulates rise in the last five weeks and an advance in the last month of 4.3%. This is what the latest private report of the consultant Labour, Capital & Growth (LCG) warns from the survey every Wednesday of the pri…
Food Marked Its Biggest Increase of the Year: 4.3% in a Month, More than Twice the Overall Inflation
The weekly survey of the LCG consultant measured a 0.5% increase in food during the first week of October and an accumulated 4.3% in four weeks, the highest level of 2026. Drinks and meats explain half of that increase and the food runs above what the consultants expect for general inflation, which the INDEC will announce on October 13.
The drinks and meats explained more than half of the rise recorded in the last days. In the Buenos Aires inflation, the food item increased above the general level during September. Read more
Many fruits photographed during the day (Photo: Diego Marín / Unsplash) The data comes from a private survey, which focuses on the acceleration that this key item has in the monthly spending of millions of Argentines. The prices of food and drink recorded in the first week of October an increase of 0.5%, marking a decrease for the second consecutive week, said this Thursday the consultant LCG in her weekly survey.It is good news in the run-up to…
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