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The price index registered 2.6% in the city, the same level as in March. The UNLP and the Chamber of Commerce warn a slight pause in the price rise, but food does not loosen.
In La Plata, April inflation marked 2.6%again, replicating the figure of the previous month. According to the survey of the Sector and Territorial Development Laboratory of the National University of La Plata (UNLP) for the Local Chamber of Commerce, the food and beverage item was again the one that pushed the rise the most, with an average increase of 3%.
Although there was a small deceleration with respect to the 3.3% that had marked in March, this sector explained more than half of the total increase in the basic price index (IPB), with 1.5 percentage points. Among the products that rose the most, the buttock (12.5%) and chicken (8.5%) stand out. They also increased table bread (4.1%), although lowering the pace with respect to 9.6%in March, and popular cuts such as roast (2.3%) and minced meat (2.6%).
The second most weight item in April was transport and fuel, which had a rise of 2.5%. The highlight was the strong slowdown compared to March: it went from an impact of 3.9 percentage points to 2.5. This was due to the fact that public transport rates rose only 4.2%, compared to 10.1% of the previous month. Fuels, meanwhile, maintained their adjustment rhythm with a 2%rise.
-On the other hand, the services showed an average increase of 1.9%. Personal, such as hairdressers and gyms, headed the rises with 6.3%. Public services continue with moderate adjustments, with a monthly 0.4%, as in February and March.
As for the clothing, the increase was 2.7%, pushed by rise in underwear (3%) and outer clothing (2.6%). prices in hygiene and cleaning (2.1%) were also reactivated, two items that had had little variation in March.
So far from 2025, accumulated inflation in the city reaches 9.8%. The study indicates that April marked a pause in the acceleration that had been seen since the end of 2024, which could indicate a certain balance in relative prices. However, since October of last year, the disinflation process is on a plateau, without great advances.
From the Silver Chamber of Commerce they stressed that this monthly monitoring seeks to provide useful tools for both merchants and consumers, in a context where food and transport remain key to understanding price dynamics in the city.
