Buenos Aires, Nov 19 (NA) -- In October, the minimum pension lost 3.9% of its purchasing power adjusted for inflation due to the freezing of the additional $70,000 bonus. During the tenth month of the year, the minimum retirement benefit, adjusted by the mobility formula (which considered August's 2.1% inflation), was set at $326,298. The lack of nominal adjustment for this supplement caused the program's spending to drop by 23.7% in real terms in October. In the cumulative total for the first ten months of 2025, the annual decline for this program is even greater, reaching 28.9%. Compared to the same month in 2023, the minimum benefit (pension plus October 2025 bonus) reflects an even more pronounced annual decrease of 17.2%. Analysts warn that if the nominal amount of the bonus remains fixed, the loss of purchasing power affecting minimum pensions will increase, progressively approaching the value of the Basic Food Basket (which measures poverty). In October 2025, the Basic Food Basket for an equivalent adult amounted to $392,815.
