Overview
- Food pressures were pronounced in Santa Fe, where the provincial statistics office reported a 3.8% monthly rise in the category, a 2.6% overall CPI in December, and a 33% annual rate for 2025.
- A Rosario household of four needed nearly 2 million pesos in December to cover essential goods and services, according to Cesyac, with the basket up 3.09% on the month, the steepest rise of 2025.
- INDEC data show December’s regulated prices rose 3.3% and core inflation hit 3.0%, and economists note services persistence could be accentuated by the new index’s higher services weighting from January.
- Comparisons between national INDEC and Buenos Aires city Idecba data show item-level price gaps reaching about 40% on some products, even as the overall December CPI was 2.8% nationally versus 2.7% locally.
- FocusEconomics’ survey places 2026 inflation near 24%, with analysts flagging potential exchange-rate adjustments, utility tariff updates and sizable debt rollovers as key risks to a faster disinflation.