In June, a middle-class family in Buenos Aires needed $ 222,000 to cover their expenses

In June he needed a typical family living in the city of Buenos Aires $ 222,671.20 to cover all your expensesaccording to the survey carried out monthly by the Center for Consumer Education, Services and Counseling (CESyAC).

Of that amount, $ 161,434.37 (73%) was required to hire the basic services for the home, while $ 61,236.83 (27%) to be acquired consumer products.

The most significant increases in the category of products that are usually bought in supermarkets and shops were recorded beverages (11.73%) and packaged food products (5.36%). As for basic services, the most sensational increases were recorded in school fees (11%) and prepaid medicine (10%).

This CESyAC report tracks the prices of the food and services basket. The survey includes, among other items, the rent of housing, the expenses of a 10-year-old car old, the payment of prepaid medicinethe fee for a private school dand two children and the family subscription in a club.

It is with these elements raised that the fact that a family needed in June $ 7,422.37 per day to meet monthly expenses; $ 2,041.22 to purchase mass consumer products and $ 5,381.14 to hire basic household services.

Among the most significant increases, the survey found: Flour Favorite ($ 79.69 to $ 84.08); fine salt Two anchors ($ 75.99 to $ 77.51); washing powder Fox ($ 135.36 to $ 192.99); bleach Helper ($ 63.06 to $ 64.32); Toilet paper Hygienol ($ 285.59 to $ 291.3); toothpaste Odol ($ 104 to $ 106.08).

Meanwhile, in a year-over-year comparison, seasonal products “also had skyrocketing increases in the same product,” said Fernando Barrera, a leader linked to Cesyac. This was seen in the price per kilo of carrots, which has become 201.05% more expensive (it cost $ 63.39 in July 2021 and is currently worth $ 190.83). Meanwhile, the pound of onion Blanca went from $ 61.19 to $ 148.06, which represents a change of 141.97% in one year. the kilo of chop municipality was worth $ 317.80 a year ago, while it is now $ 724.82 (128.08% more expensive).

The only product that has fallen in price compared to last year, according to this survey, it was a kilo of potatoes, which cost $ 80.20 and are now $ 78.60, 1.99% less.

Food, although in June it had a smaller increase than in previous months, accumulate an increase of 66.4%, according to INDEC. In other words, above the general level of inflation, which up to June marked an annual variation of 64%.

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