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Inflation slowed to 1.5% in April amid COVID-19 lockdown

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Buenos Aires, Jun 11 (EFE).-Argentina's consumer price index registered a year-on-year increase of 43.4 percent in May, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec) reported on Thursday. According to the agency, the country´s CPI rose 1.5 percent month-on-month, which confirms the slowdown seen in April after a 3.3-percent rise in March.Just like April, the May economy was largely affected by an unprecedented macroeconomic inactivitiy due to the coronavirus lockdown that has been in place since Mar 20. (Camera: ALBERTO CARATOZZOLO).SHOT LIST: DAILY LIFE IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

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