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Argentina’s poverty numbers: how to read the rise and the fall
INDEC’s first-half 2026 survey found poverty rising again from late 2025; the urban sample, basket thresholds and difference between people and households matter.
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How Argentina’s inflation fell: what the INDEC numbers show
Monthly CPI fell sharply from the post-devaluation shock, but the index still rises and August 2026’s annual rate shows how far stabilisation remains from stable prices.
Source: INDEC Dec 2023, 10 Sep 2026
Argentina's August inflation falls to 1.7%, a 14-month low
The monthly CPI reading gave Milei a fresh disinflation result, but the 33.5% annual rate and persistent pressure from housing, utilities and food complicated any claim of a completed recovery.
Source: INDEC, 10 Sep 2026
Argentina's May inflation eases to 2.1%, but annual rate rises
INDEC's June release showed a second consecutive monthly slowdown, while the 12-month increase climbed to 33.2%, exposing the difference between progress on prices and a finished disinflation.
Source: Reuters, 11 Jun 2026
Argentina's April inflation slows to 2.6%, ending a long monthly rise
INDEC's April figure broke a run of months without a decline in the monthly inflation rate. Annual inflation still stood at 32.4%, and the price of a basic household basket kept rising.
Source: Página/12 reporting INDEC figures, 14 May 2026
Argentine inflation holds at 2.9% in February as housing costs rise
INDEC's February CPI matched January's monthly increase and reached 33.1% over 12 months. Housing and regulated prices posed a fresh challenge to the disinflation campaign.
Source: Chequeado reporting INDEC figures, 12 Mar 2026
EconomyAnalysis
Two years into Milei’s presidency, inflation falls but daily costs still bite
A fresh inflation reading after the president’s second anniversary showed much slower annual price growth but stubborn monthly increases. Lower measured poverty and a new labour bill framed the next test.
Source: MercoPress, November inflation, 11 Dec 2025
Argentina's costly peso drives tourist spending abroad as arrivals fall
Government tourism data released in June 2025 showed outbound travel rising and inbound visits declining. The gap exposed a hard-currency cost of the same strong peso that tempered domestic inflation.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald, 25 Jun 2025
Argentina's May inflation falls to 1.5%, its lowest since 2020
INDEC's June release showed a sharp monthly slowdown after the April currency overhaul, but annual price growth remained 43.5% and economists warned that food's seasonal relief might not last.
Source: INDEC, May 2025 consumer price report, 12 Jun 2025
Argentina's poverty rate falls to 38.1% after early austerity shock
INDEC's figures for the second half of 2024 showed a steep fall in urban poverty from the first half, but millions still lived below the line and economists warned that incomes remained fragile.
Source: Reuters, 31 Mar 2025
Argentina's November monthly inflation slows to 2.4%
INDEC's December 11 release showed the lowest monthly reading in roughly four years, but a 166% year-on-year rise and expensive essentials kept the social test of disinflation alive.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald, 11 Dec 2024
Poverty reaches 52.9% in Argentina in the first half of 2024
INDEC's September release captured the human cost of Argentina's economic shock: more than half of people in surveyed urban areas fell below the poverty line during Milei's first six months.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald, 26 Sep 2024
Argentina's monthly inflation falls to single digits, while yearly rate stays near 290%
INDEC's April CPI reading of 8.8% offered Milei evidence of disinflation, but utility bills and a 289.4% annual rate showed how costly stabilisation remained for households.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald reporting INDEC data, 14 May 2024
