Milei tames inflation, but Argentines still struggle to afford basics | Inflation

Cesar Martinez, 45, works full-time at a butcher shop in Buenos Aires, but in the last year, he has had to pick up other jobs to make it to the end of the month. So, when the government of President Javier Milei publicly celebrated a new drop in the inflation rate in June as a sign of a recovering economy, something didn’t quite add up.

“The money one makes is never enough to afford everything, even the most basic things,” Martinez says.

The sentiment is a shared one on the streets of…