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The Basic Basket Increased 0.1% in May: How Much It Took a Family Not to Be Poor
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The FundPlata Foundation announced the results of the survey corresponding to May, which showed a variation of 1.5% in the food basket in the city of La Plata. The report is based on the monthly monitoring of 26 products distributed in three main areas: butchery, verdure and warehouse. The most pronounced increase occurred in the meat sector, which led the general price rise. According to the study, cuts of meat and meat products were the most e…
The food basket recorded a historical fall of 0.4% in May, marking its first monthly fall since the pandemic. The total basket, on the other hand, only rose by 0.1%. In an unprecedented event since 2020, the prices of the basic food basket (CBA) fell in May 2025, with a monthly variation of -0.4%, according to the INDEC. This is the first setback since the current series was resumed in 2016, and represents a relative relief against persistent in…
This rise was a percentage point above the National IPC that measures the INDEC (2.5%) and 1.2 points above the IPC NEA. In the period January to May, the Chaqueño agglomeration has an increase of 14.0%; while the year-on-year comparison the variation is 42.4%.
In parallel with the inflationary data of the fifth month of the year, the INDEC informs the values that determine poverty and indigence in the country.
The cost of the Basic Food Basket (CBA) fell 0.4% in May, an unprecedented value since the INDEC resumed the data series in 2016. It had an impact the sharp drop in the price of fruits and vegetables. It was necessary to go back to 2020 to find a negative variation of the CBA. Since the basket determines the indigence line, a “type” family composed of two adults and two children... Source
In parallel with the fifth month of the year inflation data, INDEC reported the values that determine the poverty and destitution lines in the country.
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