Overview

• A four‑person household required ARS 1,160,780 in August to meet the Canasta Básica Total, which defines the poverty threshold, according to INDEC.
• To avoid indigence on the food‑only measure, the same household needed ARS 520,529 under the Canasta Básica Alimentaria.
• The basic baskets rose 1% month on month, while the national consumer price index increased 1.9% in August and 33.6% over 12 months.
• INDEC reported reference thresholds for other household sizes: three people at ARS 924,116 for the total basket and ARS 414,402 for the food basket, and five people at ARS 1,220,885 and ARS 547,482, respectively.
• The total basic basket for a single adult was ARS 375,657, and El Cronista’s extrapolation places the ‘clase media alta’ threshold near ARS 4,643,120 for a family of four.