ECONOMIC INDICATORS Economy slumped for fourth straight month in February 23-04-2024 20:18 Economic activity fell 3.2% in February from a year ago, a fourth straight monthly decline. On a monthly basis, activity declined 0.2%, according to government data.
PRICE HIKES SLOWING? Celebrations, misgivings as politicians react to inflation data 14-02-2024 22:33 Government allies cheer latest INDEC data showing that consumer price hikes slowed to around 20% last month, while Peronist critics warn of spiralling consumer prices.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Brazil inflation ends 2023 above forecasts but within target 11-01-2024 13:07 Official data released Thursday showed consumer prices rose 4.62% in Brazil December from a year earlier.
President on poverty 'Badly measured' – Fernández questions official poverty rate 04-12-2023 13:53 President Alberto Fernández has questioned the INDEC national statistics bureau, saying he think that Argentina’s official poverty rate is “badly measured.”
FEATURE: SOCIETY & POVERTY Argentina and the infantilisation of poverty 01-11-2023 05:39 Experts say Argentina is going through a process of “poverty infantilisation” – minors are poorer than the rest of the population, with teens and children in single-parent homes the most vulnerable. Are welfare programmes just a patch or are they preventing the situation from getting worse? by Sabrina Chemen
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Inflation in Buenos Aires City reached 10.8% in August 07-09-2023 17:06 Price increases jump double-digits after devaluation of peso; Hikes total 127.3% over last 12 months; Consultancy firm forecasts 130% inflation nationwide in 2024.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS UCA report: Poverty rate would be 50% without welfare support 03-09-2023 10:24 New report from the Catholic University of Argentina’s Social Debt Observatory concludes poverty affects 38.9% of the population; Those under 17 most affected; Without child benefit and welfare support payments from the government, half of Argentina would be poor.
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.
CRIME & SECURITY Rosario surpasses grim threshold of 150 homicides 06-07-2023 09:35 Four people killed in just three hours in crime-ridden Rosario; Argentina's second city, with a population of 1.3 million, has already suffered 151 homicides this year.
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.
CRIME & SECURITY More than 40% of victims of sexual violence in Argentina are children 24-05-2023 14:08 New report by UFEM unit reveals that 87% of adult victims of sexual violence are female and that 90% of those charged with such crimes are male.
BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS Inflation continues to accelerate, surging to 108.8% in April 12-05-2023 16:49 Argentina consumer prices in April rose 8.4% month on month, 108.8% year-on-year; Peso has lost 13% against the dollar in parallel markets in April.
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.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS INDEC: 1.2 million in Argentina live in ‘critically overcrowded’ homes 10-05-2023 22:56 Government data reveals that more than one million people in Argentina are living in “critically overcrowded” households.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Economy stagnated in February as inflation surged past 100% 24-04-2023 18:16 Argentina’s economy stagnated in February, as inflation surpassed 100% for the first time in three decades.
CONSUMER PRICES Argentina inflation accelerates more than expected to 104% 14-04-2023 17:36 From a year ago, prices rose 104.3%, the highest annual level since 1991, according to government data published Friday.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS INDEC: Poverty reached 39.2% of population in second half of 2022 30-03-2023 16:24 National statistics bureau report shows near three-point jump on first half of last year; Projected out to whole population, more than 17.6 million people are considered poor; More than half are aged under 14, with eight percent of population were living in extreme poverty.
100% INFLATION Government admits 'unexpected' February inflation data is 'very bad' 16-03-2023 15:13 Presidential spokeswoman Gabriela Cerruti acknowledged Thursday that the latest inflation data released on Tuesday by the INDEC national statistics bureau "is bad, very bad and was not what was expected."
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Argentina now has almost 2.9 million self-employed tax-payers 08-03-2023 22:52 Registered wage labour accounts for 10,187,000 people in total (including the private and public sectors and domestic service), according to the Labour Ministry.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Not even a World Cup win can save Argentina’s economy from decline 24-02-2023 10:08 Economy contracted more than expected in December even after the country won its much-celebrated third World Cup title, lending weight to view that recession lies ahead later this year.
EDITORIAL Sense and the census 04-02-2023 06:00 What this census is providing are updated figures on the population of Argentine provinces, which should at least serve to remove any excuse for not making the final reform of federal revenue-sharing stipulated for the year 1996 by the 1994 constitutional reformers.
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 in September hit 6.2%, prices up 83% over past year 14-10-2022 18:51 No respite from runaway price hikes: inflation in September reached 6.2%, with cost of living over the last 12 months up 83%. Private economists forecast an annual 2022 rate of more than 100%.
BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS Argentina’s yearly inflation surged to 83% in September 14-10-2022 18:49 Annual inflation surged to a new 30-year high in September as policymakers struggle to tame some of the world’s fastest consumer price increases.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Unemployment dropped to 6.9% in second quarter, says INDEC 22-09-2022 18:38 Unemployment fell to 6.9% in the second quarter from 9.6% in the same period last year, according to official data, in large part due to the coronavirus pandemic.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Inflation woes continue: prices up 7% in August 15-09-2022 23:52 Food and non-alcoholic beverages see highest spikes as purchasing-power continues to plummet; Prices have risen 56.4% since January with annual projections now nearing 100%.
BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS Inflation hits 79% ahead of likely rate hike 15-09-2022 15:20 Annual inflation in Argentina surged to 78.5 percent in August, almost certainly cementing another Central Bank interest rate hike as early as this week.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Food and fuel price rises put pressure on August inflation figure 03-09-2022 15:34 Most analysts and consultancy firms expect price rises totalled at least 6% last month, with some anticipating a monthly rate that’s closer to 7%.
Deposit decline Argentines withdraw US$1 billion from bank accounts amid turmoil 23-08-2022 21:23 More than US$1 billion of dollar deposits have been withdrawn since former economy minister Martín Guzmán resigned in July.
BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS Inflation surges past 70% on political turmoil 11-08-2022 16:46 Consumer prices rose 71% in July from a year ago, the highest level in about 30 years, according to government data published Thursday.
RUNAWAY PRICE HIKES Analysts estimate inflation could surpass 90% this year 10-08-2022 23:09 Annual inflation moves ever closer to three digits amid widespread changes at Argentina’s Economy Ministry.
ECONOMIC CRISIS Inflation hits 64% year-on-year, analysts fear worse yet to come 14-07-2022 19:05 No respite from price hikes in Argentina: Inflation hit 5.3% in June, increases totalled 36.2% in first half of this year.
BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS Inflation hit 30-year high ahead of Guzmán's exit 14-07-2022 18:11 Consumer prices in Argentina rose at the fastest pace in more than three decades in June, with worse expected after the economy minister quit this month.
HEALTH & SOCIETY UN report says cocaine use has risen in Argentina over past decade 29-06-2022 10:00 Argentina is one of the countries in South America where the consumption of cocaine and psychoactive substances has grown the most over the past decade, according to the latest UN World Drug Report.
Human Rights Science and the Grandmothers: the DNA chains uniting Memory, Truth and Justice 02-06-2022 15:32 Guillermo Amarilla Molfino is the 98th grandchild to recover his identity, thanks to the existence of the Bank of Genetic Data, a pioneering scientific organisation that is celebrating its 35th anniversary. Created with the objective of helping the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo find their grandchildren, cruelly snatched by the last military dictatorship, the institution safeguards the genetic samples that make these yearned-for reunions possible.
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.