The main concern for Argentines is the inflation, according to a survey by the consulting firm Opina Argentina. With the 39% of the votes duplicates corruption, the second item of interest that the government should solve for those consulted. And unemployment, with 16%, is in third place: 55% are alert to the economic crisis that is shaking Argentina.
Inflation shows substantial growth as the main popular concern since September 2021 when it was 28%, marking a steep slope since February this year. While corruption remains stable, oscillating between 19 and 23 points, unemployment comes in third place, falling from 28% to 16%. but together economic issues continue to hover around the proportion of 55%.
And for him 69% of respondents by Opinion Argentina, the economic situation of the country will be worse in the coming months, while 14% believe that it will remain the same, and just another 14% believe that the economic picture will improve. 51% believe that their personal economic situation will also be affected in the second half of 2022, 29% believe that their current situation will continue, and coincidentally, 15% have growth expectations.
66% predict that inflation will increase in the coming months; 20% believe that they will maintain their current course, around five to six points per month; and 9% expect a sustained decline in the second.
For Analogies, meanwhile, 69 percent of those consulted disapprove of the economic policy of the national government, a fact that explains the growing criticism from sectors of the Frente de Todos against the Casa Rosada, which raises alarms about the electoral future of the ruling party.
According to Argentina’s opinionin what has to do with the management of the economy, a 60% attribute the current crisis to President Alberto Fernández, and 32% to the inheritance received from the government of Mauricio Macri. In this projection measured since July 2020, it is seen how the trend has reversed since December of that year. Until then, former President Macri was responsible for the crisis for 45%, while 32% was assigned to the Front of All.
And both curves take off from June 2021, when President Alberto Fernández begins to grow steadily in the appreciation of his responsibility for the economic crisis. However, faced with the malaise of recent months, Macri hits a jump of almost 6 points since May in its negative assessment, while Alberto Fernández drops in the same way from the 67 points that he had as a ceiling in May 2022.
But for Analogies, Alberto’s image drops another 2 points in Juneand stands at around 33%, the lowest value in the series that began in December 2019. The support base for the national government remains at around 38 percent, according to this survey.
by RN
