Overview
- INDEC reported month‑over‑month increases of 2.18% to 2.73% in December for the child‑rearing basket, below the 2.8% CPI for the month.
- Monthly costs ranged from ARS 460,178 for infants under 1 year to ARS 586,627 for children aged 6–12, with ARS 547,913 for ages 1–3 and ARS 466,596 for ages 4–5.
- For infants under 1, ARS 148,236 corresponded to goods and services and ARS 311,942 to caregiving; for ages 6–12, ARS 302,411 were goods and services and ARS 284,217 caregiving.
- INDEC derives goods and services from Greater Buenos Aires’ Canasta Básica Total and values caregiving time using domestic worker pay scales.
- Across 2025, the basket rose about 18.7%–18.8%, roughly 12.7 percentage points below the 31.5% annual inflation cited.