The aim of the article is to present and analyze the evolution of the costs of the Basic Family Food Basket in Panama and to contrast these results with the opinion of students with advanced training from the Faculty of Economics. This implies the use of primary and secondary sources, the surveys applied to graduating students are positioned as primary sources, and data from the annual reports of the Ministry of Economy and Finance are positioned as secondary sources. The results obtained show that the Basic Basket has continued its vertiginous rate of growth, seeing in some periods decreased, due to structural changes in its composition, such as the exclusion of cooking fuel and certain higher-cost foods. As well as the implementation of emergency price controls on 22 food products throughout the country. The data obtained by the survey shows that the majority of the student population does not perceive the decrease in prices of the CBFA, they have a lot of interest in growing food products for their own consumption and attribute the high costs of the CBFA to the lack of government policies effective.