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High inflation pushes poverty rate even higher in Argentina
March 31, 2023 13:24 pm
BUENOS AIRES, March 31:One of the world’s highest inflation rates is making it more difficult to make ends meet in Argentina, where at the end of last year nearly four of every 10 people were poor, official figures revealed Thursday.Poverty increased to 39.2% of the population in the second half of 2022, a three percentage point increase from the first six months of the year, said Argentina’s national statistics agency, INDEC.
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