Economy Minister Luis Caputo said that March inflation will be close to 10%. The slowdown in food is more marked than in the rest of the items.

In March "the recession surpassed seasonality," says economist Fausto Spotorno. The brake on food is in tune with the collapse in consumption, Spotorno says.. Mass consumption in supermarkets is probably declining and from now on salaries will probably begin to beat inflation, says Federico Moll, director of Ecolatina..