Argentina Inflation Rate Mom

Consumer prices in Argentina rose by 3.7% month-on-month in March 2025, accelerating from February’s 2.4% and coming in above market expectations of a 2.6% increase. Costs accelerated for education (21.6% vs. 0.5% in February), transportation (1.7% vs. 1.2%), food and non-alcoholic beverages (5.9% vs. 1.8%), and communication (2.5% vs. 2.3%), while clothing and footwear (4.6% vs. -0.7%) swung back to inflation. Conversely, price increases slowed for health (1.8% vs. 2.4%) restaurants and hotels (3.9% vs. 5.3%), housing and utilities (2.9% vs. 4.0%). Annually, consumer prices eased to 55.9% in March, marking the tenth consecutive month of disinflation and the softest increase since March 2022, down from 66.9% in February and marginally above forecasts of 54.2%.