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Argentina records highest inflation rate in 18 months: 4.8%

15-04-2021 17:35 Inflation in March reached 4.8% – the highest figure since September 2019. Prices have jumped 12.4% in first three months of year, 42.6% over last 12 months.

Inflation in Argentina speeds up, prompting government crackdown

15-04-2021 09:44 Argentina’s inflation accelerated last month at the fastest pace since President Alberto Fernández took office in late 2019, experts believe, prompting the government to tighten its unorthodox controls over companies.

Brazil ends new 'lost decade' with GDP drop of 4.1% in 2020

03-03-2021 10:26 The economy of Argentina's giant neighbour registered a 4.1% contraction in 2020, according to official data.

Inflation continues to rise: Prices were up 4% in January

12-02-2021 01:00 INDEC national statistics bureau says prices rose by 4% in January, equal to December's rate.

Journalism, beware of Google’s billion-dollar siren calls!

03-10-2020 08:40 The largest threat for Google and Facebook, and Big Tech in general, is regulation.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Pandemic’s impact laid bare as poverty rises to 40.9%

30-09-2020 19:33 INDEC national statistics bureau says poverty rose to 40.9 percent in the first half of year, with more than 18 million people in Argentina considered poor.

Peru's economy slumps amid pandemic

21-08-2020 14:54 Peru's year-on-year GDP fell by 30% in the second quarter of 2020 as it was badly affected by coronavirus containment measures, the government said on Thursday.

Stark economic data underlines pandemic's impact on Argentina's economy

21-08-2020 14:02 Economic activity slumped 12.9% in the first half of 2020 year-on-year, INDEC reveals. Yet rebound is beginning amid coronavirus lockdown.

Brazil expunges virus death toll as data befuddles experts

07-06-2020 22:01 Jair Bolsonaro's government stops publishing a running total of deaths and infections from Covid-19, claiming it is "not representative" of the country's current situation.

Here come Covid-19 tracing apps – and some privacy trade-offs

05-05-2020 13:39 As governments around the world consider how to monitor new coronavirus outbreaks while reopening their societies, many are starting to bet on smartphone apps to help stanch the pandemic.

Industry and construction continue free fall

09-01-2020 10:17 Data indicates industrial production slumped by 4.5% in November – 19th consecutive month of decline.

Jorge Todesca: 'INDEC's independence was a firm commitment by Macri'

05-12-2019 08:00 Outgoing INDEC chief discusses the changes at the national statistics bureau under his term, his replacement Marco Lavagna and his relationship with his daugther Cecilia – who is an economic advisor to president-elect Alberto Fernández.

by Patricia Valli

Amazon Web Services planning to build US$800M data centre in Argentina

03-10-2019 09:08 Seattle-based company preparing to invest about US$800 million in 10-year project that would see it construct a regional data centre in Buenos Aires Province. Tax breaks sweeten the deal.

Economic activity grew 0.6% in July year-on-year, says INDEC

27-09-2019 00:46 Small rise on last July's figure thanks to agriculture; economic activity has contracted by 2.1% since January, according to statistics bureau.

Economy stagnated in June, with activity down 2.6% in first half of 2019

22-08-2019 19:29 Data from the INDEC national statistics bureau on Thursday indicated that economic activity in Argentina did not alter in June with respect to the same month the previous year.

Data-rigging scandal rocks salmon-farming industry in Patagonia

01-08-2019 09:28 Company Nova Austral pushes out its top executive as bonds sank amid misreporting claims. Scandal is latest to hit Chile’s farm-raised salmon industry.