Overview
- Consultancy Moiguer’s Q4 2025 report finds 62% reduced day‑to‑day spending, 50% ran out of money before month‑end, and 57% of households are indebted, seven points higher than in Q1.
- Positive expectations ticked up, with those reporting optimism rising from 33% in Q3 to 42% in Q4, and 53% expecting their purchasing power to expand as 2026 begins.
- An independent December Brújula Social survey by Pulso Research reports 62.8% say wages do not cover essential needs and 61.8% cut some consumption in the last month.
- Pulso respondents cited reductions in food and beverages (35.3%), meat (22.7%), and outings and leisure (24%), corroborating broad retrenchment in both essentials and discretionary items.
- Moiguer details the adjustment pattern: 23% began cutting recently, 18% already consumed at very low levels with no room to cut, and 22% deepened prior reductions to reach month‑end.