This Wednesday, INDEC will announce January inflation, which consultants estimate will be between 20 and 23%, below December's inflation of 25.5%.
This time,
food - with an estimated increase of 20.3%, according to the consulting firm EcoGo -
fell behind other items, such as
prepaid (40%), gasoline and diesel (27%), train and bus (45% )
, which were the ones that increased the most.
The increase in products consumed most by lower-income classes
slowed down in January
.
Food prices had been rising at a rate of 37% month-on-month (against 4 weeks ago) in the second half of December and rose to 15 and 13% in the last two weeks of January respectively.
With
a rebound to 14% in the first of February.
What are the 5 foods that rose the most in January 2024
The increase in food in January was led by
cold cuts
, with a
38%
increase in the average monthly variation, according to the consulting firm led by
Marina Dal Poggetto
.
Behind was
chicken, which rose 29%
and the category made up of
sugar, honey, sweets and cocoa, which rose 28%.
Bread, cereals and pasta
were in fourth place, with an increase of 26%, while the
top five
was closed by
dairy products and eggs,
with an increase of 21.7%.
What are the 5 foods that rose the least in January 2024
On the other side of the table, the food groups that
increased the least
in the first month of the year were
oils,
with 6.2%, the
only item that increased by a single digit.
Meanwhile, recalls in
beef
reached 10.2%;
those of
fish
, 14.3%;
vegetables increased 14.7
%
and fruits, 16.9%.
How prices are in February
This month, some foods
stopped their
weekly decline and EcoGo estimates that by the end of February
they will have increased 14.4%, compared to 20.3% in January
.
All the foods that the consultant surveyed had been below double digits during the last three weeks
.
But the first days of February took a leap again.
In the package of categories that have rebounded in recent days are
drinks and infusions,
which had dropped in price in the third week of January, but in the first week of this month they rose 14.5%,
double that of the previous week
( 7.7%).
Sugar and sweets
also rose above the average
, with 12.7% only in the first week of February, followed by
dairy products and eggs:
which increased at a rate of 11%, against 6.1% the previous week.
Bread products
also rose to 10%, compared to 3% the previous week.
Cold cuts (2.5%), beef (3.1%), fruits (3.4%), vegetables (4.4%) and chicken (6.9%) increased the least.
NE