Overview
- Idecba reported IPCBA at 2.7% in December, bringing 2025 inflation to 31.8%, with Transport up 5.5% and meat up 7.4% while vegetables fell 5.9%.
- The December baskets set the indigence line (CBA) at $726,569 and the poverty line (CBT) at $1,346,876 for a reference family of four.
- A family of four that owns its home is classified as middle class with monthly income between $2,128,461.91 and $6,811,078.11.
- Official baskets exclude housing costs; adding typical rents (about $618,452 for two rooms and $939,565 for three) pushes a renter’s needs above $2 million to avoid poverty and above $3 million to reach the middle-class floor.
- Because many leases reference IPCBA, the December reading will be used to calculate rent adjustments that take effect in February.