Overview
- Private consultoras’ rolling and weekly price measures cluster August monthly inflation between about 1.4% and 1.7%, with most forecasts below 2% and food-price momentum slowing.
- LCG and others report food inflation decelerated in late August, with a four-week accumulated rise near 1.4% and last-week changes close to zero.
- The UTDT/Poliarquía August survey finds the public expects 35.7% annual inflation and 3.55% for the next 30 days, creating a wide gap with the Central Bank’s REM market average of roughly 21.8%.
- Expectations vary by region and income: projections fell in Gran Buenos Aires and CABA, rose in the Interior, and jumped among lower‑income households to about 41.5%.
- Officials are optimistic the downtrend will continue and are reported to be considering raising the minimum wage to roughly 800,000 pesos, a move that would affect wage talks, indexation rules, and social transfers while markets await INDEC’s official August CPI.