News of consumption

Number of empty shops soars in capital amid consumption woes

22-07-2025 06:56 Vacant shops up 40% in the City of Buenos Aires; In May and June, there were 238 shops for sale, for rent or closed down in the surveyed areas, according to local chamber of commerce.

INEQUALITY ANALYSIS

Trips to Miami or living month-to-month – Argentina’s ‘rift’ hits consumers

09-07-2025 16:34 The disparity in purchasing power in Argentina has accentuated in the past year, according to a private study. One sector travels to Miami and the other can’t make it to the end of the month. What happened?

JOBS & EMPLOYMENT

Economic pick-up fails to filter through to job market

23-06-2025 15:43 Improved economic activity has reversed last year's shrinkage but the improvement has yet to seep through to the labour market – in March the private sector shed over 7,000 jobs with numbers of self-employed simultaneously on the rise.

by Martín Fernández Nadale

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Beef consumption in Argentina at lowest level in 26 years

16-08-2024 15:53 CICRA industry group data shows 14.1-percent in consumption of carne year-on-year in first seven months of the year.

BEEF CONSUMPTION

Beef consumption in Argentina falls to lowest in a century

08-07-2024 16:32 Per capita consumption in 2024 forecast at around 44.8 kilos per capita, the lowest figure in more than a century.

BEEF CONSUMPTION

Milei’s shock therapy sends demand for beef to 110-year low

08-07-2024 14:41 Beef demand is forecast to drop below 45 kilos (99 pounds) a person this year, the lowest in data going back to 1914.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Consumption dive continues, down 14.5% in May year-on-year

25-06-2024 15:55 Data compiled by Focus Market consultancy group based on sales data shows consumption down 14.5% last month on annual comparison.

SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES

Recession hits SMEs hardest: 7 out of 10 report falling consumption

29-05-2024 13:14 Argentina’s deepening recession is hitting the nation’s small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs or PyMEs) the hardest, according to a new report.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Beef consumption at its lowest level in three decades, says industry group

16-05-2024 15:13 In the first four-month period of the year, consumption dropped by 17.5 percent.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Beef consumption fell to historic low in first quarter

16-04-2024 20:21 Beef sales hit a historic low in the first quarter of 2024 amid a heavy drop in consumption, falling to their lowest level in three decades.