Argentines, up against painful annual inflation at 113% and rising, are running a daily gauntlet to find deals and lower prices as rapid hikes often leave big differences from one shop to the next, with scattered discounts to lure shoppers. the peso currency last month, are driving a cost-of-living crisis, have left 40% of people in poverty, and are stoking anger at the traditional political elite ahead of October elections. Her husband, Fernando Cabrera, 59, was doing sums on a calculator to compare fruit and vegetable prices.