Inflation ticked up in Jun., here's where prices rose most
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There’s good news out of Argentina, where President Milei is presiding over efforts to tame inflation and strengthen the country’s currency. Inflation last month fell, on a monthly basis, to the lowest level in five years.
Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) reported on Monday that inflation in June was 1.6%, marking the second-lowest monthly figure of the year. This brings the cumulative inflation for the first six months of 2025 to 15.
Argentina's monthly inflation likely ticked up to 1.9% in June, according to the median forecast of a Reuters poll, after May's rise marked the lowest monthly increase since 2020. The month of May had marked the smallest monthly increase in five years for South America's No.
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Monthly inflation in Argentina inched slightly higher in June, but remained among the lowest in years, a boost to budget-slashing President Javier Milei's efforts to curb runaway prices.
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