Lay toilet paper, freeze fruit and leave meat: crude x-rays of country searches due to price increases

Yes for any Argentine this is commonfor those living abroad this is something incredible: the routine of going to the supermarket after receiving payment and buying products or food in large quantities isalbais rated by Wall Street Journal as one of the amazing tactics and searching used in Argentina to beat inflation.

They are collecting toilet paper This is how they synthesized it in an article published this Monday, in which they examined the daily lives of those living in a country with continuous price increase.

Testimonials leave a scary x-ray of changes in consumption: there are those who reveal that they are buying fruit to freeze. And who, whatever the government’s promise, they ruin the dream of barbecue and they took the famous Argentine beef to the menu.

Right from the title, the U.S. financial newspaper’s note marks the panorama, with a comparison aimed at allaying the concerns of its local readers: “Are you being weakened by inflation? At least you’re not in Argentina“, they almost calmed down.

The first paragraphs are left to contextualize the current scenario, although there is a ironic tone: “Welcome to Argentina, where high, almost uncontrollable inflation, now at approximately 55.1% over the past year, is as natural as juicy tenderloins and the sensual nods of the country show, ”they said.

Then, they presented various Argentine cases stating, from their facts, how they live with instability Of prices.

Testimonials of juggling against inflationang

The first is businessman Jonathan Faez, who welcomes the situation with kindness and recommends it to people from the rest of the world ”let them rest“.

“I have friends in the United States and Spain and they tell me they are crazy about their annual inflation of 5% or 7%. Here we are 4% almost every month! ” Said as a joke working in a lingerie store in Buenos Aires.

Regarding the annual numbers, he added to the American media: “Here are the 40% is normal. And when we exceed 50%, we are not afraid, we are just annoying“, he claims.

In this sense, The Wall Street Journal was cited as something remarkable among Argentines spend almost all of their salary ”once they receive it“so that it does not lower the amount in your bank account.

As an example, they quoted Melanie Lichtensztejn, a 24-year-old college student: “I went to this market and bought all the toilet paper I can for the month, more than 20 packages ”, he admitted.

Sofía Finot, who sells smoothies, revealed that her competitors have put more water and ice in his drinks to save: “It’s more water, less fruit!” he said, celebrating the idea.

However, he has a different approach: buy lots of fruit before the price rose and cools it. “They’re kept for a year,” he said.

They also cited the case of María Oyhanarte, 67, and her husband Gustavo Pastrana, 68, who admitted that they had to reduce their consumption because of money. it is not enough for them for the same as before.

“Meat, for example, is no more we buy it very often “, they pointed out in this regard in the framework of a survey conducted by the North American media. A fact that is almost incomprehensible for those living in another economic reality.

The practice of setting aside a portion of the salary to buy dollars and save in foreign currency so that it does not lose value, is another factor they have featured as a fact. noticeable.

Finally, they allocate space to purchases in installments: 3, 6, 12 and up to 24. Whatever.

Cecilia Luna, 50, was the last witness of the long article. His family is building a house outside the City. And for this, he said he buys the materials at some stage.

“All the construction material we buy with deferred payments. 12 with no interest, “he said.

And he concluded: “We specialize in economics so we can fit in. That way, we stay calm and notor have to borrow money”, Closed at the end of the note.

An everyday scenario here, what should not be habit.

DS