Basic basket: a family needed $596,823 in January to not be poor. An increase of 20.4% was recorded compared to December.
Meanwhile, $285,561 is needed to avoid falling into poverty. The Government estimated ten days ago that after the December devaluation and the jump in inflation to 25.5% - the highest in 30 years -, poverty was already around 50% of the population. The number, which has not been recorded for two decades, appears in the letter of intent presented by Argentina for the International Monetary Fund staff report approved at the end of January.