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María Lorena Rodríguez

Young workers at a factory in Buenos Aires Province.

Over nine million workers now informally employed in Argentina

27-07-2026 14:58 Even though unemployment levels remain almost unchanged, the wear is beginning to show in job quality. Specialists warn involvement of young women is growing, but mostly in informal employment.

by María Lorena Rodríguez

A worker counts US$100 US banknotes at a currency exchange house in Buenos Aires.

Exchange rate woes

Dollar-peso turbulence heats up in Argentina, analysts call for calm

24-05-2024 10:24 The 'blue' dollar is heating up aid turbulence in the currency markets.

by María Lorena Rodríguez

MARKET TURBULENCE

Peso drops to all-time low on parallel markets as Massa lays out IMF deal

24-07-2023 19:18 Strong volatility on the markets – while bonds in foreign currency appreciated after the pre-agreement with the IMF and the announcement of foreign exchange measures, the informal currency jumped to a new record. What analysts say.

by María Lorena Rodríguez

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Analysts forecast 6% November inflation for Argentina

01-12-2022 11:35 Experts in the private sector believe inflation has cooled slightly from previous month, but it won’t be such a marked slowdown.

by María Lorena Rodríguez

Martín Guzmán: THE GOVERNMENT ADAPTS CAPITAL REGULATIONS FOR WORKERS AND SERVICE SECTOR COMPANIES TO PROMOTE EXPORTS

POLICY

Capital controls on tech firms, employees relaxed to halt ‘brain drain’

02-06-2022 20:41 Accumulation of Central Bank reserves is one of the key aims in changing regulations for the capital of software companies. Hi-tech sector has sounded alarms over number of formal jobs lost this year by employees seeking ‘dollarised’ salaries.

by María Lorena Rodríguez

Key members of the ruling Frente de Todos coalition are shown on a screen at a Election 2021 campaign rally in November 2021.

ELECTIONS 2021: ANALYSIS

President vows to send ‘multi-year economic programme’ to Congress

15-11-2021 13:12 President Alberto Fernández announced Sunday night that he will send a bill to Congress outlining a “multi-year economic programme” for Argentina – and he says it has the “full support” of his coalition, including Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

by María Lorena Rodríguez

BUSINESS

Pandemic helps deliver e-commerce boom in Argentina

27-08-2021 21:20 New data from the CACE (Cámara Argentina del Comercio Electrónico) shows invoicing doubled in the first half of the year, reaching 630 billion pesos.

by María Lorena Rodríguez

In Buenos Aires, it’s known that many of these game-changing businessmen were trained at the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA), a great developer of local talent.

ECONOMY

The secrets of ITBA, the cradle of Argentina’s unicorns

27-08-2021 21:17 Luis Paolini directs Business Management at the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA), teaching a select group of around 30 students with a priority on critical mentality.

by María Lorena Rodríguez

The UN has warned that as many as 850,000 jobs could be lost in Argentina this year.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

UN: Argentina could lose 850,000 jobs in 2020 amid virus crisis

27-06-2020 07:59 Child poverty in Argentina could reach 58% by the end of the year, warns United Nations in new report.

by María Lorena Rodríguez

An oil well of the firm YPF in the Neuquén field Loma de la Lata Oeste on October 5 2019.

Uncertainty in markets

Black Monday: keys to understanding this week's fall in oil prices

09-03-2020 17:21 Trade war between Russia and Saudi Arabia is shaking the oil-dependent countries with prices in the range of US$30 a barrel, while markets are also facing the consequences of the Coronavirus outbreak.

by María Lorena Rodríguez