Inflation in Buenos Aires (CABA) accelerated to 2.1% in June 2025, resulting in a 15.3% increase for the first half of the year and a 44.5% rise over the past twelve months. Despite this monthly increase, the year-over-year inflation rate declined by 3.8 percentage points compared to the previous month. The inflation rate in Buenos Aires typically exceeds the national average, which is expected to remain lower. In June, inflation for food and non-alcoholic beverages rose by only 0.6%, less than half of the overall Consumer Price Index increase of 1.6%. Inflation for goods was recorded at 0.8%, the lowest since the current measurement series began in 2017. The government under President Milei has achieved fourteen consecutive months of decelerating inflation, with the annual inflation rate dropping to 39.4%. On the fiscal front, Argentina registered a primary surplus of 790.533 billion pesos and a financial surplus of 551.234 billion pesos in June. For the first half of 2025, the country achieved a primary surplus equivalent to 0.9% of GDP and a financial surplus of 0.4% of GDP, maintaining its fiscal balance. The government aims to sustain a 1.6% primary surplus target for the entire year. Additionally, the Argentine Treasury purchased 500 million U.S. dollars using pesos held at the Central Bank, increasing the central bank's gross reserves by approximately 491 million dollars to a total of 39.551 billion dollars.
⭕️ El Tesoro compró u$s500 millones con los pesos que tenía en el BCRA y las reservas brutas de la autoridad monetaria treparon en u$s491 millones, hasta los u$s39.551 millones | Más información en https://t.co/ZPvi5HdKtR https://t.co/qOdnQyzz47
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