In Argentina, inflation is a way of life
Argentinian here, 30 years old, middle-class. Yes, we have a big inflation problem and what the article says is correct, except I don&#x27;t know anyone who buy tuna or pasta or whatever to store because of inflation. In fact, anyone who would do that wouldn&#x27;t be smart at all, would be pretty stupid.
A few ways to fight inflation is buying dollars and selling them later: our inflation index goes hand to hand with our USD:ARS, even even below that (intuitevly it may be a problem). So it makes no sense to buy things to store later.
What we do is buy stuff such as electronics in isntallments payments, even if the interest rate is high. Quick example:
If I buy a computer in cash, its price is 100. If I have to pay 12 installments, each installment is 20 (240 in total). However, in one year, due to inflation, 20 may be nothing compared to what i earn (salaries are also raised to try to keep up with inflation), so big payments we usually do that.
But almost no one get groceries in installments, etc (also: your credit card &#x2F; bank imposes you a limit on installments payment, so it doesn&#x27;t make sense to waste them in daily things and you try to save it for when you need it, such as electronics or emergencies)