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Buenos Aires City Sets January Middle-Class Floor at $2.20 Million After Inflation Pickup

Rising food costs pushed official lines higher, highlighting a much steeper bar for renting households.

Las estadísticas oficiales estiman el ingreso mínimo para la clase media para un hogar propietario de su vivienda, es decir, sin considerar el costo del alquiler
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Overview

  • IDECBA set the minimum income for a two-adult, two-child household to qualify as middle class at $2,201,157 in January.
  • The poverty line was $1,396,660 and the indigence line $767,413 for the same reference household.
  • The middle-class floor rose 3.4% from December and 31.6% year over year, broadly matching the 12‑month IPC pace.
  • City inflation reached 3.1% in January, while the food basket climbed 5.6%, intensifying pressure on lower‑income families.
  • Because official canastas exclude rent, adding the average three‑room lease of $1,026,674 (Zonaprop) lifts a renter’s middle‑class threshold to roughly $3,227,831.