This Wednesday INDEC will announce January inflation, which consultants estimate will be between 20 and 23%, lower than December inflation of 25.5%.
This time, food – with an estimated increase of 20.3%, according to the consultancy EcoGo – They have lagged behind other areas, such as prepaid (40%), petrol and diesel (27%), train and bus (45%)which were the ones that increased the most.
The increase in products most consumed by low-income classes slowed down in January. Food prices had increased at a rate of 37% month-on-month (compared to 4 weeks ago) in the second half of December and rose to 15% and 13% respectively in the last two weeks of January. With a rebound to 14% in early February.
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The increase in groceries in January was led by cured meatwith an increase of 38% in the average monthly variation, according to the consultancy firm he leads Marina Dal Poggetto. Behind it was the chicken, up 29% and the category formed by sugar, honey, sweets and cocoa, up 28%.
Bread, cereals and pasta came in fourth place, with an increase of 26%, while the Top five they closed it dairy products and eggs, with an increase of 21.7%.
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On the other side of the table, foods group it together less went up in the first month of the year they were oils, with 6.2%, the the only item that increased by single digits.
Meanwhile, the observations in beef they reached 10.2%; those of fish, 14.3%; THE vegetables increased by 14.7% and fruit by 16.9%.
What are the prices like in February
This month, some foods they stopped their descent weekly and EcoGo estimate it at the end of February will have increased by 14.4%, compared to 20.3% in January. All foods reviewed by the consultant had remained below double digits for the past three weeks. But the first days of February took a leap again.
In the package of categories bounced in the last few days there are drinks and infusions, which had fallen in price in the third week of January, but which in the first week of this month increased by 14.5%, double the previous one (7.7%).
According to EcoGo, the category was driven by the increase in beer (13.5%), bottled water (17.7%) and soft drinks (9.1%)
On average, food prices accumulate a monthly increase of 7.7% in February, with a slowdown of 3.1% in January.
They also rose above average sugar and sweetswith 12.7% only in the first week of February, followed by dairy products and eggs: which increased at a rate of 11%, compared to 6.1% in the previous week. Breaded It also rose to 10%, up from 3% the previous week.
Cured meats (2.5%), beef (3.1%), fruit (3.4%), vegetables (4.4%) and chicken (6.9%) increased less.
Source: Clarin
