The owner of Anses, Fernanda Raventapointed out this Thursday that the mobility formula of the government of Mauricio Macri “made retirees lose 20 points”, unlike the current formula that managed to “beat inflation by one point” last year and “almost eight points” so far in 2022.
“The pension formula of the previous government caused retirees to lose 20 points in their purchasing power. Ours made it beat 2021 inflation by one point,” Raverta said in a dialogue with El Destape Radio, adding: “In the first 9 months of this year we beat inflation by almost 8 points.”
This Wednesday, the Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, and the director of Anses, Fernanda Raverta, announced a mobility increase of 15.53% for retirementpensions and allowances, a measure that reaches more than 16 million people.
Raverta stressed that this increase is possible “thanks to the mobility formula that we changed in December 2020”, unlike “Macri’s formula” that would have given “10 points below inflation.”
In this way, the minimum retirement will go from $37,525 to $50,353, while those who receive up to 2 minimum retirements will receive from $75,050 to $90,705. That is, no pension will be below 50 thousand pesos.
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“Ours gave a point above last year, it already showed that it is a successful formula, we have the right instrument,” he said and added: “Argentina’s minimum pensions have already begun to recover more than 1% of what we recovered last year “.
The owner of Anses explained that “Our formula associates the growth of Argentina and the growth of wages of active workers, with the growth of retirement.”
And dialed: “We are optimistic that we will recover those 20 points (which were lost during the macrismo) because I am optimistic that we will be able to recover the Argentine economy, the indicators show it and in this way growth is accompanied by distribution.
“If Argentina does well, the economy of boys and girls will move with family allowances and that of retirees,” he said, and in that sense he stressed that “it is important where priorities are assigned, to this extent it is very clear that the priority is for pensions to beat inflation”.
And noted: “It has to do with a commitment we made when we arrived and that’s why it was decided to change the formula.”
“With the reinforcement we achieve that there is no retirement below $50,000. Is it enough? No. It is a beginning of the recovery. It is important to continue assuming the commitment that they continue to rise,” he indicated.
Finally, Raverta said: “I am optimistic and I believe that the formula will work well in December. And if it does not work well, we will think of a solution so that the retiree does not lose.”
