{"id":13543,"date":"2026-10-14T13:28:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/?p=13543"},"modified":"2026-10-14T13:28:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:28:55","slug":"argentinas-basic-basket-costs-outpace-inflation-as-poverty-line-climbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/argentinas-basic-basket-costs-outpace-inflation-as-poverty-line-climbs-14102026\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina\u2019s Basic Basket Costs Outpace Inflation as Poverty Line Climbs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To avoid falling into indigence, the same family requires at least 738,690 pesos ($478), according to the total basic basket (CBT) and basic food basket (CBA) figures in Indec\u2019s most recent report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far this year, the CBT grew 24.7% and the CBA 25.3%, both above accumulated inflation of 23.6% through September, when it rose to 1.9%, according to the report. Year-on-year, the CBA rose 38.7% and the CBT 40%, both above the 33.4% year-on-year inflation, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/argentina-seeks-international-tribunal-measures-against-malvinas-islands-oil-project\/\">Argentina Seeks International Tribunal Measures Against Malvinas Islands Oil Project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juli\u00e1n Neufeld, an economist at the Fundaci\u00f3n Libertad y Progreso cited by the newspaper Perfil, said the prices that weigh most heavily on lower-income households \u201chave been rising above the general index, and that erodes purchasing power precisely in the most exposed segment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neufeld explained that since wages adjust by the Consumer Price Index when collective labor agreements allow, and poverty levels are set by the baskets, a substantial inflation gap between the two strongly conditions poverty and indigence levels, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the economist, in the first half of this year, with the inflationary shock concentrated in meat and fuels\u2014goods with great weight in the baskets\u2014these rose above the general level, pushing many families below the poverty line, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author: vmmh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Prensa Latina<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: teleSUR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To avoid falling into indigence, the same family requires at least 738,690 pesos ($478), according to the total basic basket (CBT) and basic food basket (CBA) figures in Indec&rsquo;s most&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":"{\"authors\":[8],\"author_categories\":{\"8\":\"1\"},\"fallback_author_user\":\"1\",\"ppma_author_box_select\":\"\",\"selected_authors\":[{\"id\":8,\"display_name\":\"RRebeldeAdminWP\",\"is_guest\":0,\"category_id\":\"1\"}]}"},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[8],"class_list":["post-13543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"authors":[{"term_id":8,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"yolaunicaquehay","display_name":"RRebeldeAdminWP","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e6145d63ff95c9a0f0e53b7149804b1faf86748d6cc15f466103269a288ea377?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english","last_name":"Radio Rebelde","first_name":"WebMaster","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13543"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13546,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13543\/revisions\/13546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13543"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=13543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}