News of consumer prices

Shopkeepers struggle to keep pace with soaring prices

25-11-2023 13:08 Annual inflation is already at 143% and prices rose even further after price controls on basic goods were eased.

Election 2023: Fall-out

Milei says it could take two years to tame Argentina's inflation

20-11-2023 12:51 President-elect says it will take between 18 and 24 months to bring Argentina's rampant inflation under control as he outlined his plans to reform the economy.

EDITORIAL

Cheaper by the dozen?

16-09-2023 05:47 While there is more than one reading of Sergio Massa’s tax cuts, all lead to more inflation. If one side of political polarisation blames the fiscal deficit for rising prices and the other business greed, both are simplistic.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Government to release inflation estimate on a weekly basis

15-09-2023 21:08 Argentina, which recorded a monthly inflation rate of 12.4% last month alone, will start releasing a weekly consumer price index.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina's monthly inflation surges to 12.4%, worst since 1991

13-09-2023 19:56 Consumer prices rose 12.4% in August from July, the highest monthly increase since 1991 when the country was exiting hyperinflation.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation in August hit 12.4% – highest monthly rate in 32 years

13-09-2023 16:11 Data from INDEC national statistics bureau shows consumer prices soared by more than 12% last month; First monthly figure to accommodate impact of post-PASO devaluation of peso; Inflation over last 12 months reaches 124.4%.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Brazil inflation accelerated in August to 4.61%

12-09-2023 14:54 Brazil’s inflation rate rises for second straight month in the wake of trimming of rates by central bank, but food prices decrease.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Alejandro Werner: ‘Trump would’ve backed Fernández and Biden would’ve Macri’

02-09-2023 06:17 Former Western Hemisphere director for the International Monetary Fund and ex-Mexico government official Alejandro Werner on Argentina’s programme, political backing from Washington and the country’s troubled relationship with the multilateral lender.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation accelerates again with fears of worse to come

15-08-2023 16:37 Consumer prices rose 6.3% in July and are up 113.4% in the last 12 months; Measurement does not include this week’s devaluation of the official exchange rate, prompting analysts to warn of double-digit hikes in the near future.

ANALYSIS

Argentina monthly inflation slowed in June for second straight month

13-07-2023 16:58 Inflation in Argentina slowed more than expected for a second straight month in June, prolonging a brief respite even as living costs continue increasing at an elevated pace.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation in Argentina slowed to 6% in June, reveals INDEC

13-07-2023 16:07 Prices have risen by 115.6% over the last 12 months and by more than 50% in the first half of the year, according to government data.

INFLATION DATA

Opposition slams government for ongoing inflation woes

15-06-2023 00:15 Opposition presidential hopefuls and critics from libertarians to leftists slam May inflation data and government’s “index of failure and decadence."

ANALYSIS

Inflation hits 114% as government faces dollar shortage

14-06-2023 22:24 Argentina's monthly inflation unexpectedly slows in May but stays elevated.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Consumer prices in Argentina rose 7.8% in May, reveals INDEC

14-06-2023 16:04 Inflation over the last 12 months now totals 114.2%, according to government data, with prices up 42.2% in the first five months of the year.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Martín Guzmán: ‘Abandoning the currency never did anybody any good’

10-06-2023 06:27 Argentina’s former economy minister on tackling inflation, unifying the exchange rate regime, the IMF debt deal he negotiated and what happens after the October election.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Carlos Heller: ‘Lowering inflation is a must, otherwise no success is possible’

20-05-2023 07:00 Banco Credicoop banker and national deputy Carlos Heller on the never-ending battle against inflation, its causes and the impact of the drought on Argentina’s economy.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

FIGHT AGAINST INFLATION

Central Bank ramps up interest rate to 97% as inflation soars

15-05-2023 14:37 Argentina's Central Bank hiked its base interest rate Monday by six points to 97 percent, the first in a series of measures to tackle soaring inflation ahead of October's general election.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Prices rose 8.4% in April, pushing annual inflation rate to 108.8%

12-05-2023 16:06 Consumer prices rose 8.4% last month, reveals INDEC national statistics bureau; Inflation over the last year totals 108.8%, according to official data.

POLITICS

‘Plan Platita II’? Government to stuff pockets as inflation bites

18-04-2023 14:02 To mitigate the coalition friendly fire that has been rekindled by the confirmation of accelerating price hikes, Serio Massa’s economic cabinet is drawing up a new programme to stimulate consumption.

ECONOMY 104,3

Annual inflation rate hits 104.3% after 7.7% jump in March

14-04-2023 16:01 Inflation accelerated to 7.7% in March, INDEC national statistics bureau reveals; Argentina’s inflation rate over the last 12 months now totals 104.3%.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation spiked to three-decade high of 95% in 2022

12-01-2023 16:56 Rising annual inflation, which is expected to exceed 100% in the coming months, has once again become the dominant theme in Argentina.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation continues to bite as INDEC reveals 6% jump in April

12-05-2022 23:44 Price increases totalled 23.1% in the first quarter, with prices hiked 58% over the last 12 months, according to official data.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC reveals prices jumped 6.7% in March

13-04-2022 16:08 Consumer prices in Argentina rose 6.7% in March – the highest monthly rate in nearly six years, official data reveals.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation reached 3.9% in January, lifting annual rate to 50.7%

15-02-2022 22:08 Consumer prices rose 3.9% in January as inflation accelerated for a second straight month, the INDEC national statistics bureau reported on Wednesday.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Inflation accelerates for second straight month

15-02-2022 21:55 Argentina’s inflation accelerated for the second consecutive month in January as the Central Bank sped up the pace of its controlled currency devaluations.