News of data

Inflation slowed in April amid currency policy change

14-05-2025 16:52 Annual inflation slowed for a 12th month to 47.3%, reports INDEC; Price increases were led by food and non-alcoholic beverages.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Post-cepo boost for Milei as monthly inflation slows to 2.8%

14-05-2025 16:45 INDEC’s first update of inflation index since removal of currency controls shows that consumer prices rose 2.8% in April, slightly slower than analysts' expectations.

Crime & Security

La Matanza tops homicide stats in Buenos Aires Province

16-04-2025 14:23 More than 150 murders were recorded in La Matanza last year — 11 more than in 2023.

POVERTY ASSESSMENT

‘Not much to celebrate’ despite fall in poverty, says expert

01-04-2025 13:13 Leading poverty expert Agustín Salvia, of UCA’s prestigious social debt observatory, digs into the figures after INDEC reports dramatic fall in numbers of poor.

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Milei’s inflation miracle distorted by obsolete items in index

19-03-2025 17:12 Calls are getting louder for President Javier Milei’s government to redo the make-up of the consumer price index for the first time in two decades.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina recorded record trade surplus in 2024

20-01-2025 22:48 Argentia recorded its biggest-ever trade surplus in 2024 – partly due to a drop in imports caused by recession.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Milei lowers peso crawling peg to 1% after inflation stabilises

14-01-2025 16:43 Monthly inflation continues to run near a four-year low, opening the door for first change to currency policy in more than a year.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation slowdown continues, decelerating to 2.4% in November

11-12-2024 16:08 Data from the INDEC national statistics bureau shows consumer prices increased by 2.4% last month, below the expectation of analysts and markets.

by James Grainger

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

70% of workers in Argentina were earning under 550,000 pesos a month in June

08-10-2024 11:17 Seven out of every 10 households were earning less than a million pesos a month in June, according to INDEC data.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Poverty soars past 50% in Argentina as Milei austerity hits hard

26-09-2024 17:12 About 52.9% of Argentines were mired below the poverty line in the first half of the year, up from 41.7% in the second half of 2023.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Unemployment in Argentina affected 7.6% in Q2

20-09-2024 09:41 Report by INDEC national statistics bureau shows joblessness stayed in line with 7.7% recorded in first quarter, but rate is up from 6.2% seen in second quarter of 2023.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina's economy posts best month under Milei despite cuts

20-07-2024 17:57 Economic activity rose 1.3% from April, the first month of growth since Milei’s term began in December.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC reports 5.1% Q1 slump in GDP, unemployment on rise

24-06-2024 20:58 Argentina's economy contracted by 5.1% in first quarter, says INDEC; Unemployment hit 7.7% as Milei government’s austerity measures began to kick in.

INTERVIEW WITH WORLDCOIN BOSS

Alex Blania: ‘In the next few years, thousands of humans will fall deeply in love with an AI’

10-05-2024 12:51 The CEO of Tools for Humanity, the company behind Worldcoin, on technology and ethics, Artificial Intelligence and the use of private data.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

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.