A middle-class Buenos Aires family needs more than $ 200,000 to survive in April

Rising prices of goods and services in the City of Buenos Aires are not productive. In April, consumption for a increased middle-class family type the 3.13%. Thus, a family living in the city of Buenos Aires needs in April a total of $ $ 205,956.51 to meet all your expenses.

Of this budget, $ 151,034.84 (73%) went to renting basic services of the house, while $ 54,921.67 (27%) is available consumer products massive, according to a price survey conducted monthly by the Center for Education, Services and Consumer Advice (CESyAC),

the products of Mass consumption had an average increase of 5.98%. Among them, the most noticeable increase is Cleaning products (11.42%), packaged groceries (7.84%), meats (7.09%) at drinks (4.64%).

Basic services for the home rose 2.14%, with the highest increase drugs (8.04%) and prepaid drugs (6%). In addition, it also fell on family income, increasing at the rate of taxis (30%), electricity (22%) and gas (20%).

This report tracks food and service basket prices. The survey included, among some items, the upa of housing, the costs of a 10 year old car old, the charge of prepaid drugsThe quota of a private school for two boys and the family subscription to a club.

With the predecessor elements, the fact that a family needs $ 6,865.21 a day in April to meet monthly expenses; ARS 5,034.49, to procure mass consumption products and ARS 1,830.72 to contract basic household services.

Meanwhile, inflation in April, by this measure, was at 3.13% while the year-on-year price variation was 48.16%. From the surveyed basket, 14 products are included that are in the “Careful Prices Agreement” valid from April 7 to July 7, 2022.

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In an interannual comparison made in this private survey, they also found sidereal climbs on the same product as in kilograms of carrots become more expensive 187.30% (was $ 69.81 in May 2021 and currently $ 200.56).

Another similar case occurred in the kilogram of bread increased by 134.54% in a year, because it was $ 151.06 in May 2021 and now it was bought at $ 354.31 – largely due to the impact of the war between Russia and Ukraine, which cost the price of wheat. Also the coffee (250 grams, La Morenita) rose 134.10% (from $ 141.40 to $ 331.03).

In other products, the creamy cleanser orange (Cif), from $ 113.82 to $ 257.60, representing a variation of 126.32% a year. Ang tissue paper (4 units. Hygienol) cost $ 125.49 a year ago, while now it is $ 270.50 (115.55% more expensive), the CESyAC report revealed.

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