March hikes: one at a time, hikes coming in transport, gas, water, subscription and subway

The third month of the year begins with new increases that increase the pressure on the pocket. How much will the price of basic services increase from March 1?

The rates many basic services, such as transport, gas and water among others, will suffer increases during March. Also, as in Februarythere will be an increase fuel, prepaid and rent.

The increases that are coming increase the pressure on the pockets of Argentines and on the INDEC general price index for the coming months, which has already marked inflation of 6 percent in January.

With forecasts of about 6% of the monthly average, economists believe that the year will end with measurement greater than 95% and more and more studies such as the consulting company Eco Go, They predict a three-digit number by 2023. One by one, all March grows.

metro and metro

Increases for Underground and metro for the whole year are already defined: will be implemented in four sections starting from March 2023.

  • The ticket will cost $58 in March, $67 in May, $74 in June, and $80 in September.
  • Premetro, for its part, it will cost in March 20 dollars, and in September it will reach 28 dollars.

Prepaid

In the case of prepaid, the increase in March will be 7.66% for all users with high incomesbased on the variation of the health cost index (which includes the development of medicines, inputs and wages in the sector).

Affiliates with net income of less than $392,562 and who complete the income form will receive an increase of 5.04%.

Prepaid will have increases in March

private schools

As announced, fees will rise to 16.38% in March In the city of Buenos Aires. In other provinces, the quota increase will have the same maximum for March; and then it will increase by 3.35% in April, May and June.

fuel

March is the last month included in the price agreement signed by the Ministry of Energy and companies from the sector, which included price increases of 4% in December, January and February. The setting will now be 3.8% and it would be applied in the middle of the month.

water

In March, users in the middle areas will start paying full rate. This segment covers around 984,000 residential users.

collective

AMBA bus ticket prices will be adjusted monthly starting in March according to the variation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of Greater Buenos Aires. This month the card will go up to $39, $42, $45 and $48 depending on the length of the route.

Buses will also raise fares

Gas

Which comes in the sense regulated prices This will not be a reason to rest, because a new price increase is announced for March gas rates.

The impact on accounts can vary between a 40% and 50% approximately at the national level, according to the decision that the Government is waiting for: the percentage of income increase transporters and distributors of natural gas in the network.

What has already been resolved is that own cost of gas, which is transferred to tariffs, amounts to 28% as of March 1 for users with high incomes (Level 1 of segmentation of energy subsidies) and those with medium incomes (Level 3), while those who remained at Level 2, with low incomes and the social rate, will not see gas increases.

Source: Cronista

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