He 70.3% of Argentines considers that the official inflation data published by INDEC does not reflect what they really see in supermarkets, services and daily expenses. The number comes from Zentrix Consultora Public Opinion Monitor corresponding to April, and marks a significant jump compared to January, when this perception reached 56.4%.
For the consulting firm, the problem is no longer just statistical: when the official index no longer coincides with the consumer’s daily experience, loses the ability to organize expectations.
The discredit of official data coexists with a domestic economy under pressure. He 81.6% of respondents He acknowledged having given up some expenses in the last six months, from going out and leisure to, in the most delicate cases, food, health or basic services. He 86.6% states that your salary does not beat inflation —the worst record in the recent Zentrix series, which in January marked 74.7%— and the 60.4% He says his income is enough only until the 20th of the month.
The report maintains that inflation “is no longer measured in decimals,” but rather in how long the income lasts and until what date of the month regular consumption can be sustained. In this framework, the nominal slowdown shown by INDEC loses social force if it does not translate into a concrete improvement in real wages.
The economic malaise also impacts the government’s image. He 66.6% considers that Milei’s management ended up being part of what it promised to combat57.3% perceive widespread corruption and 60.2% interpret the complaints as part of a structural government problem. The positive image of the President fell to 35.2%with a negative of 59.3% and an adverse differential of 24 points. Presidential approval was placed in the 33.1%.
The survey included 1,559 valid cases with national coverage, through a self-administered online questionnaire, weighted by region and age according to the last electoral roll. The margin of error is ±2.48% with a confidence level of 95%.
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