The January inflation will be known today and specialists take it for granted that will mark an increase compared to what was Decemberwhich would complicate the objectives of the plan of the Minister of Economy, Sergio Massato calm the escalation of prices.
According to NAThe government leaders themselves already recognize this, attributing part of the increases to services and seasonal factors in tourism.
The specialists gave an average advance of 5.9% for the CPI January, accelerating 0.8 tenths compared to December. In the case of Ecoviewsproject a monthly 5.6% for the first month of the year.
For his part, according to Isaiah Marinieconomist at the consulting firm: “Inflation in January was mainly driven by increases in regulated items. In this sense, the greatest incidence came from the ‘housing, electricity, gas and other fuels’ division due to the increase in electricity rates, gas and water in the AMBA”.
At the same time, the adjustment of the tariffs of public transport in the AMBA and the rise of fuelsof the Health and the Telecommunications.
Even the consultant projects that, for February and March, it will be very difficult to download itrather the chances are that they go up a little more.
In turn, the Freedom and Progress Foundation estimated the inflation at 6.3%also supported by the items “Housing, Water and Electricity” given the removal of energy subsidies and rent increases.
In this sense, the economist Lautaro Moschett He explained: “The problem is not in the shelves, but in the constant depreciation of our currency caused by mistrust in officials and an excess of money supply. At the moment, there are no theoretical reasons to think that inflation will go down and uncertainty in an election year can even make the situation worse.”
