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Argentina's inflation‑hit wages, retail slump & meat shift

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Argentina's inflation‑hit wages, retail, pork retail slump & beef meat shift

Inflation continues to erode real wages, with about 80 % of leaving most workers earning ≤1.5 million pesos, well with earnings far below the basic consumption basket. After paying for electricity, gas, water utilities and transport, households keep retain only 88 % of each 100 000 pesos earned, 000‑peso income, a 12 % drop in disposable income since December 2022 as service tariffs outpace wages. Pork 2022. Beef consumption rose to 18.9 kg per capita in 2025‑26, while beef fell to 47.3 44.5 kg per person, person in April 2026 – the lowest level in two decades. The pork‑beef price gap widened to roughly 120 % in 2026, with pork at about $8 944/kg versus $18 564/kg for beef; pork decades – as beef prices grew 29 rose over 60 % versus 56.8 and wages lagged. Pork consumption rose 8.4 % for beef. Industry leaders attribute the shift to pork’s more than 18 kg per capita, driven by its lower price advantage. The beef sector opposes Minister Federico Sturzenegger’s draft law to make contributions relative to the Instituto de Promoción de la Carne Vacuna Argentina voluntary, warning it could cripple market surveys and export promotion. beef. Retail activity remains weak. Supermarket sales slipped fell 0.7 % YoY in May 2026, the fifth consecutive decline. month of decline, while retail sales dropped 3.8 % YoY in April and 1.2 % YoY in May, marking a 13‑month contraction for SMEs. E‑commerce grew but could not offset falling brick‑and‑mortar traffic. In Córdoba, July 2026 retail unit sales fell 14 % YoY, YoY in July and profitability dropped slipped 12 %, average tickets fell %. Price‑control measures have emerged. The ChangoMás chain rolled back prices on more than 200 items to $135.12 2025 levels, and only 10 % of merchants met forecasts. Nationally the Composite Coincident Index recorded a 0.1 % monthly decline government’s import‑liberalisation in June, marking a second month of contraction. Agricultural output rose 4.1 % month‑on‑month, driven by soy and corn, while industrial production fell 0.5 % and construction activity dropped 3.6 %. Government tax revenue fell 2.3 % from Buenos Aires’ Once market lowered garment prices. May and 4.9 % year‑on‑year. Brazil’s meat exports 2026 inflation slowed to Argentina declined 19.4 2.1 % in month‑on‑month, the first half lowest rate of 2026, reducing the Argentine share of Brazil’s total meat exports from 5.5 year, though annual inflation stayed above 33 %. Basic‑basket costs rose 2 % nationally, pushing a four‑person household’s poverty‑line needs to 4 %. 1.5 million pesos. Together, rising pork demand, record feedlot cattle numbers, persistent beef price pressure, and a deepening retail slump illustrate a shifting Argentine food market under sustained high inflation and policy reforms.

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  1. 2026-08-02 20:46 UTC Argentina's inflation‑hit wages, retail slump & meat shift
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