There is no "citation needed" meme. There is two metrics (or many, one from the .gov and the others from private analysts) and everybody repeats that one is wrong without explaining why. I have no interest in defending the .ar goverment, but this article is not really good. They should say something like "this another metric or method should be used, these are the correct parameters, because of a, b, and c. The ones used by the Argentinian gov are wrong because of d, e, and f". Also remember that the index is not an absolute number, it is relative to certain parameters. Saying that "15%" is low or high just like that is absurd, its like saying that a distance of "10" is too large without referring to a scale. OTOH, the argument usually exposed is also wrong, it reads like: "The people buying every day in the local store knows that inflation is higher." Thats a fallacy, the only thing I can know from going to the store is the price from that store. An index cant be used for predictions directly. I would like to repeat that I have no sympathy with .gov.ar, I think they do many things wrong. Sadly, those things are not the ones pointed by the media. I am interested in changing the status quo but, imho, the only democratic, honest way to do it is using rationality as a tool for making our best possible decisions.