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Argentina’s Food Prices Reaccelerate, Exceeding 2% Over Four Weeks

Private trackers link the rise to sharp moves in vegetables and beverages despite a calmer dollar.

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En la segunda semana de octubre, los precios de los alimentos y bebidas subieron un 1,4%.
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Overview

  • Consultancies LCG and Econoviews estimate food and beverage prices rose about 2.3% to 2.4% over the last four weeks.
  • LCG reports a 1.4% jump in the second week of October, led by vegetables up 3.8% and beverages up 2.7%.
  • The rebound followed a 0.4% drop at the start of October, keeping pressure on the CPI despite recent exchange‑rate stability after U.S.-linked support.
  • INDEC is scheduled to publish the official September CPI on Tuesday, October 14, providing the benchmark against which private readings will be gauged.
  • A worker-focused index from UMET’s IET and the CCD shows September inflation at 2.2%, the highest since April, with regional data highlighting uneven impacts such as sunflower oil up 4–9% in Buenos Aires and sugar spikes up to 8.6% in Misiones.