After several turbulent first months, with two indices, the government managed to control inflation, which even broke 2% floor in May.
This struggle against the progress of retail prices and maintaining a stable dollar, adding to “obsession” to maintain a tax surplus, they became the Pillars of Havier Miley, who knows that these tools will allow him to stop well in the October elections.
This is reflected in the latest surveys in which the solid core of the voters of the ruling party is recorded, which exceeds 30%, and that, asserting their decision, they indicate the behavior of these economic variables, which led to “relief” to the pocket.
But at the same time, when the concern for a jump in inflation or possible devaluation is scattered, there are other doubts during the economic program, which is growing greatly among the Argentines.
One of them indicated the latest study of Intel-Bloomberg Atlas, 14 points from April to June are positioned as maximum attention of anxiety.
This is not inflation: this is the maximum concern of the Argentines, according to Atlas Intel
The survey conducted the last week of June. The composition of the consciousness of the Argentines showed a significant change in priorities in consciousnesses.
For long months, the escalation of prices was in the center of all conversations. Nevertheless, the fear of losing work put forward inflation as the main problem of the country.
According to the latest “Latam Pulse” survey, 44.4% of respondents currently indicate unemployment as their maximum concern, exceeding the first time in the last semester to 40.9%, which still indicate high prices and inflation as the largest problem that is fulfilled.
This intersection of curves appears as a result of a trend that made in recent months. An analysis of the temporary evolution of the problems shows that the inflation problem reached a peak in April at 53%, and then initiated a decrease, while the problem with unemployment had a noticeable ascent, from 29% in February to alarming 55% in May.
And while in June this last indicator was modified, the change in the hierarchy of problems was already consolidated, which led to a new card of citizens’ problems.
In addition to this “struggle” in the first place in the ranking, the general panorama, which is represented by the survey, is a huge hegemony of economic problems.
If the mention of unemployment, inflation and the “economic situation” is generally added (which seems to be a problem for 20.1%), it is obvious that the state agenda was almost completely dictated by the economy and fear for the financial future of families.
In this context, two other historical problems of Argentina remain solid on the catwalk problems: corruption and lack of security. Corruption indicates 34.9% of respondents, which turned out to be immune constant in the economic situation.
For its part, uncertainty, with 26%, is consolidated as a fourth big problem, reflecting that fear of crime is a reality that remains the government after the government.
No less, which occurs as a result of a survey, is a growing concern about the health of institutions. “Weakening of democracy and institutions” seems to be a corresponding problem for 19% of Argentines. This percentage added to 14.1%, which indicates “impunity and judicial system”, lights a warning light on the confidence of citizens in the operation of the rule of law.
Even in another section of the survey and before the question of whether the respondents consider that Argentina is currently crossing the democratic crisis, 54.6% replied that yes.
Thus, for a significant part of the population, the problems are not only economic, but also political and structural character.
These data function as a call to Milei and create a new problem for October: in addition to their efforts to control the dollar and inflation, it must soften the discourse and mainly demonstrate the ability to generate and protect sources, despite the change in the productive matrix that leaves Casa Rosada.
