President on poverty 'Badly measured' – Fernández questions official poverty rate Yesterday 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.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Economy grew 9.1% year-on-year in February, says INDEC 22-04-2022 00:00 Argentina's economy regained momentum in February, growing at its fastest pace for several months.
BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS Argentina’s inflation surged to 20-year high in March 13-04-2022 21:07 Consumer prices in Argentina rose 6.7% in March, up 55.1% over past year; Rift between top two political leaders hampers inflation fight.
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.
PRICE HIKES Inflation fears grow as Feletti takes aim at Guzmán 08-04-2022 23:51 Report by UMET university warns that prices rose 6.8% in March, with hikes affecting lower-income workers the most.
economy Economy shrank in January after strong finish to 2021 29-03-2022 17:14 Economic activity in January fell 0.5% from the previous month; Results signal a slowdown in growth ahead of finalising of IMF debt deal.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS INDEC: Unemployment dropped to 7% in fourth quarter of 2021 24-03-2022 15:54 National statistics bureau reports lowest joblessness rate since 2016 and highest employment rate in five years.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Economy misses fourth-quarter estimates, but has record year 24-03-2022 14:45 GDP rose 10.3% in 2021, the best performance since the series began in 2004, according to official data.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Prices jumped 4.7% in February, compounding inflation concerns 18-03-2022 08:13 Inflation over the last 12 months now totals 52.3%, with prices up by 8.8% in just the first two months of the year.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Inflation quickens more than expected in new challenge 15-03-2022 21:42 Argentina’s inflation accelerated in February at its fastest pace in nearly a year, surpassing forecasts and challenging the government’s targets for this year.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Argentina's manufacturing, construction shrink to start 2022 10-03-2022 19:46 Industrial production contracted 5.5% in January from previous month. Construction activity declined 3.9% in the same period.
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.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Argentina more than halves 2021 budget deficit amid IMF talks 21-01-2022 22:56 Argentina sharply reduced its budget deficit in 2021 as President Alberto Fernández tries to cut down on spending amid talks with the International Monetary Fund.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS INDEC: Inflation in Argentina soared to 50.9% in 2021 13-01-2022 17:08 Argentina's consumer price index accelerated in December by 3.8 percent, lifting the country's inflation rate for 2021 to 50.9% – one of the highest rates in the world.