Overview
- INDEC reported October inflation at 2.3% year over year 31.3%, which sets the December adjustment under Decree 274/2024.
- ANSES will raise pensions, pensions and family benefits by 2.3% in December and pay the midyear salary supplement (aguinaldo).
- The minimum pension is estimated at about $340,746 in December, and with a $170,373 aguinaldo plus a $70,000 bonus the total reaches roughly $581,119.
- The $70,000 extraordinary bonus is kept for those at or below the minimum, with proportional amounts for intermediate haberes as used through 2025.
- INDEC’s long-run EPH shows rising financial strain: households using savings rose from 19.9% in 2003 to 37.4% in 1H2025, buying on installments from 22.0% to 50.9%, and reliance on pensions and social plans from 29.4% to 35.7% and 4.5% to 14.6%, respectively.