Argentina Registers 6.6% CPI in February; Inflation Numbers Blast Past 100% YoY for First Time Since the 90s

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Argentina Registers 6.6% CPI in February; Inflation Numbers Blast Past 100% YoY for First Time Since the 90s

D'eisigh an Institiúid Náisiúnta Staidrimh agus Daonáireamh na hAirgintíne uimhreacha Feabhra don innéacs praghsanna do thomhaltóirí (CPI), ag clárú méadú 6.6%, mar thoradh ar arduithe i bpraghsanna bia agus deochanna go príomha. Tá an líon i measc na cinn is airde i stair na hAirgintíne, ag baint amach níos mó ná fás 100% bliain ar bhliain (YoY), rud a chuir eagla ar anailísithe áitiúla.

Cláraíonn an Airgintín Leibhéil IPT Taifead i mí Feabhra

The National Institute of Statistics and Census in Argentina released the inflation numbers for February, alarming local analysts. According to the tuairisc a thabhairt, February’s monthly CPI reached 6.6%, a higher number than the 6% registered in January. The rise was mostly caused by the increase in prices of food and beverages, which grew by 9.8%, hitting the pockets of Argentines. Inside this sector, meats spearheaded the hike, with prices rising by more than 30% in some cases.

Shroich boilsciú na leibhéil is airde riamh, le praghsanna ag ardú 102.5% YoY, an líon is airde le breis agus 30 bliain. Fiú amháin leis an iompar gan fasach seo, tá anailísithe ag tuar luasghéarú breise do mhí an Mhárta, rud a chuirfeadh bac ar ionchais an rialtais an CPI a choinneáil faoi 100% do 2023.

Tá líon na hAirgintíne ar an dara háit is airde i Latam, gan ach ag dul taobh thiar de CPI bliain ar bhliain Veiniséala, a shroich 155.8% i mí Dheireadh Fómhair.

An Cath a chailleadh

Local economists have expressed their worries about the acceleration of prices in the country, calling for changes in the economic policies of the government of Alberto Fernandez. The government has been trying to contain inflation by ag bunú price control mechanisms since last October, but these movements have not achieved the desired goal.

Martin Vauthier, an economist from Anker Latam, a financial counseling group, luaite:

Tá gá le clár cobhsaíochta le comhpháirt láidir fioscach, ráta malairte atá comhsheasmhach le carnadh na gcúlchistí, agus beartas airgeadaíochta comhsheasmhach a fhreastalaíonn ar ionchais a aisiompú agus chun an t-éileamh ar airgead a atógáil.

Dhearbhaigh Ceannaire Taighde Ecolatina, Santiago Manoukian, freisin:

Is é an príomhábhar imní ná gur bia agus deochanna ba chúis leis an ardú, le tionchar níos mó ar bhascaed tomhaltais na dteaghlach is boichte.

The rise in prices in Argentina is tosaigh some retailers to fix prices in U.S. dollars to avoid constant repricing, a phenomenon that is also common in Venezuela.

On March 4, President Alberto Fernandez curtha in iúl the creation of a Latam-wide mechanism to fight inflation. The new mechanism would integrate a clearing system, allowing countries to exchange goods experiencing price hikes for others between Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, and Mexico.

Cad a cheapann tú faoin boilsciú raging a chláraigh an Airgintín i mí Feabhra? Inis dúinn sa chuid tuairimí thíos.

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