Shardikprime@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoArgentina inflation slows to lowest under Milei | Buenos Aires Timeswww.batimes.com.arexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down15
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkArgentina inflation slows to lowest under Milei | Buenos Aires Timeswww.batimes.com.arShardikprime@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·22 hours agoHowever, more than half of Argentinians are now living in poverty. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceqn751x19no
minus-squareTheBlackLounge@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-25 hours agoIt only went up 11%points, which is a miracle considering the 230% inflation going on before he took office. How much if your country would be in poverty if next year their savings and income were effectively slashed by 60%?
minus-squareSaleh@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 hours agoIt went up by 11% points. The amount of people in poverty increased by 25%
minus-squareTheBlackLounge@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-25 hours agoTrue. Corrected. The point is that was already pretty bad and getting worse quick, so reaching 50% isn’t that surprising. His policies probably slowed it down.
However, more than half of Argentinians are now living in poverty. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceqn751x19no
It only went up 11%points, which is a miracle considering the 230% inflation going on before he took office.
How much if your country would be in poverty if next year their savings and income were effectively slashed by 60%?
It went up by 11% points. The amount of people in poverty increased by 25%
True. Corrected. The point is that was already pretty bad and getting worse quick, so reaching 50% isn’t that surprising. His policies probably slowed it down.