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Argentina consumer prices rise 2.2% in June: stats agency – Metro US

Argentina consumer prices rise 2.2% in June: stats agency

A vendor places chiken breasts for sale in a poultry
A vendor places chiken breasts for sale in a poultry shop in a market in Buenos Aires

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina consumer prices rose 2.2% in June, compared to the previous month, statistics agency INDEC said on Wednesday.

That rate was higher than a month earlier in May when consumer prices rose 1.5%.

Twelve-month inflation in June was 42.8%, the agency said.

(Reporting by Hernan Nessi; writing by Cassandra Garrison; Editing by Sandra Maler)