News of data

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.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina's unemployment rate fell to 8.2% in third quarter

21-12-2021 18:43 Year-on-year unemployment in Argentina fell by 3.5 percentage points in the third quarter of 2021 to 8.2 percent, according to official data.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy grew 10.8% in first nine months of 2021, says INDEC

17-12-2021 02:23 Argentina's economy grew 11.9% year-on-year in the third quarter, according to INDEC.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina’s economy posts strong third quarter rebound

16-12-2021 16:47 Gross domestic product rose 11.9% in the third quarter from a year earlier, rebounding thanks to vaccination and the re-opening of activities.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation slowed to 2.5% in November, reveals INDEC

14-12-2021 22:56 Price increases slowed from previous month yet have risen 45.4% since January and by 51.2% over the last year, according to official data.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina inflation cools as IMF eyes monetary policy shift

14-12-2021 17:49 Inflation cooled last month as the government’s strategy to tackle persistently high prices becomes a focal point of negotiations with the IMF.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

UCA: 65% of children in Argentina living in poverty

08-12-2021 09:45 According to UCA’s Social Debt Observatory, 43.8% of the country’s population was considered poor as of last October, a drop of almost a point on the previous year’s total of 44.7%.

BLOOMBERG

Argentine warrants more than double after ruling favours Aurelius

03-12-2021 01:27 US court rules Argentina will be required to show how it calculated statistics at the centre of a legal battle between the country and hedge fund Aurelius Capital Management LP.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Inflation reached 3.5% in October

11-11-2021 16:47 National statistics bureau says inflation came in at 3.5% last month, despite imposition of price controls. Prices have increased 52% over the last 12 months, according to official data

5G IN LATIN AMERICA

Brazil opens 5G tender, seeking US$9 billion in investment

05-11-2021 00:55 Brazil launched its 5G network tender on Thursday, the largest in the history of its telecommunications sector. The government is seeking total investments of 50 billion reais (US$9 billion).

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation hit 3.5% in September as hikes picked up pace

15-10-2021 01:05 Consumer prices have risen 37% so far this year and 52.5% over last 12 months, according to new data from INDEC national statistics bureau.

BLOOMBERG

Inflation accelerated more than expected in September

14-10-2021 17:39 Consumer prices in Argentina climbed more than expected last month, prompting President Alberto Fernández to expand unconventional price controls.

Price increases

World Bank rules out risk of hyperinflation in Argentina

06-10-2021 21:22 World Bank official plays down risk of hyperinflation in Argentina and says new agreement with International Monetary Fund regarding multi-billion-dollar debt will further reduce possibility.

BLOOMBERG

JPMorgan expects inflation accelerated in September

06-10-2021 10:21 Prices in Argentina probably rose at a faster pace in September after slowing over the previous five months, economists expect.

Bloomberg

Economic activity slowed in July amid uneven recovery

28-09-2021 18:44 Argentina's economy grew 11.7% in July from a year ago; Activity expanded 0.8% on a monthly basis, a slower pace from June.

HOMICIDE RATE

FBI: Murders rose 30% in United States in 2020

27-09-2021 15:39 The number of murders in the United States rose by around 30% in 2020 over the previous year, to some 21,500.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Unemployment dropped to 9.6% in second quarter

24-09-2021 02:27 Among men, unemployment affected nine percent of the economically active population in the second quarter, with the figure rising to 10.4 percent for women.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation slowed to 2.5% in August, but still expected to clear 48% this year

17-09-2021 10:39 Prices have increased 32.3% so far in 2021, according to official data, and by 51.4% over last 12 months.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Monthly inflation cools more than expected to 2.5%

14-09-2021 17:21 Consumer prices rose 2.5 percent in August from a month earlier, the lowest level since July 2020.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation exceeds government's annual target, just seven months into year

13-08-2021 03:21 Inflation in Argentina slowed for a fourth consecutive month in July, but still rose 3%, above expectations. Prices have risen 29.1% since January, and by 51.8% over the past 12 months.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation cools as government slows peso depreciation

12-08-2021 18:49 Inflation in Argentina cooled for the fourth consecutive month in July, as the government tightened its grip on the daily depreciation of the peso.

Global pandemic

Mexico Covid deaths 35% more than reported, says statistics agency

29-07-2021 22:19 Mexico recorded more than 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus in 2020 – 35% more than originally reported by the government, the national statistics institute said Thursday.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Foreign tourist numbers down 90% in first five months of year

16-07-2021 00:42 Barely 6,800 tourists entered the country in May, while there were 30,000 residents travelling in the opposite direction.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Prices have risen by 50.2% over last 12 months

15-07-2021 17:56 Inflation in June reached 3.2%, according to government data, meaning prices have risen by 25.4% in the last six months in Argentina.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Inflation slows for third month to below forecast

15-07-2021 17:27 From a year ago, inflation reached 50.2%, the highest annual rate since early 2020, according to government data.

Coronavirus pandemic

100,000 virus deaths: Government decrees five days of mourning

15-07-2021 10:16 Government decrees five days of national mourning, in recognition of the "immense pain" generated by the loss of 100,000 lives to Covid-19.

Coronavirus pandemic

Nation surpasses grim landmark

14-07-2021 21:25 Sixteen months and 11 days after the first case of Covid-19 was recorded on national territory, Argentina on Wednesday became the fifth Latin American country to reach the grim landmark of 100,000 deaths.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina marks sombre milestone of 100,000 virus deaths

14-07-2021 20:51 Argentina reached a sombre milestone in its fight to control the pandemic as deaths caused by Covid-19 crossed 100,000 on Wednesday afternoon.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Vehicle production revs up in Argentina

06-07-2021 23:05 A total of 193,580 vehicles were manufactured in Argentina in the first half of the year – 123.9 percent more than in the same period last year.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Unemployment dropped slightly to 10.2% in first quarter

26-06-2021 00:11 GDP grew 2.6% from the previous quarter, higher than economists expectations of a 2.3% increase.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

GDP grew at fastest pace since 2018 in first quarter

23-06-2021 16:41 GDP grew 2.6% from the previous quarter, higher than economists expectations of a 2.3% increase. From a year ago, Argentina’s economy grew 2.6% in the first quarter of 2021, its fastest pace in three years.

Bloomberg

Argentina’s inflation cools more than expected in May

16-06-2021 18:16 Argentina‘s inflation slowed more than expected in May as the government reintroduced a temporary lockdown to combat the pandemic and seasonal prices provided some respite.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy unexpectedly shrank for second straight month in March

21-05-2021 01:40 Argentina’s economy shrank for the second straight month in March as accelerating inflation diminished wage gains.

NATION v TECH GIANT

Argentina orders Facebook to suspend WhatsApp data sharing

17-05-2021 17:59 Government orders Facebook to suspend its data use policy allowing it to collect information from users of its WhatsApp messaging app.

Agriculture

Argentine crop-monitoring app SIMA takes off with NASA's help

28-04-2021 00:01 Team behind the SIMA Monitoreo de Cultivos crop-monitoring app eyes further growth across Latin America after partnering with NASA.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

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.

News of data

Inflation continues to bite as INDEC reveals 6% jump in April

Economy grew 9.1% year-on-year in February, says INDEC

Argentina’s inflation surged to 20-year high in March

INDEC reveals prices jumped 6.7% in March

Inflation fears grow as Feletti takes aim at Guzmán

Economy shrank in January after strong finish to 2021

INDEC: Unemployment dropped to 7% in fourth quarter of 2021

Economy misses fourth-quarter estimates, but has record year

Prices jumped 4.7% in February, compounding inflation concerns

Inflation quickens more than expected in new challenge

Argentina's manufacturing, construction shrink to start 2022

Inflation reached 3.9% in January, lifting annual rate to 50.7%

Inflation accelerates for second straight month

Argentina more than halves 2021 budget deficit amid IMF talks

INDEC: Inflation in Argentina soared to 50.9% in 2021

Argentina's unemployment rate fell to 8.2% in third quarter

Economy grew 10.8% in first nine months of 2021, says INDEC

Argentina’s economy posts strong third quarter rebound

Inflation slowed to 2.5% in November, reveals INDEC

Argentina inflation cools as IMF eyes monetary policy shift

UCA: 65% of children in Argentina living in poverty

Argentine warrants more than double after ruling favours Aurelius

INDEC: Inflation reached 3.5% in October

Brazil opens 5G tender, seeking US$9 billion in investment

Inflation hit 3.5% in September as hikes picked up pace

Inflation accelerated more than expected in September

World Bank rules out risk of hyperinflation in Argentina

JPMorgan expects inflation accelerated in September

Economic activity slowed in July amid uneven recovery

FBI: Murders rose 30% in United States in 2020

Unemployment dropped to 9.6% in second quarter

Inflation slowed to 2.5% in August, but still expected to clear 48% this year

Monthly inflation cools more than expected to 2.5%

Inflation exceeds government's annual target, just seven months into year

Inflation cools as government slows peso depreciation

Mexico Covid deaths 35% more than reported, says statistics agency

Foreign tourist numbers down 90% in first five months of year

INDEC: Prices have risen by 50.2% over last 12 months

Inflation slows for third month to below forecast

100,000 virus deaths: Government decrees five days of mourning

Nation surpasses grim landmark

Argentina marks sombre milestone of 100,000 virus deaths

Vehicle production revs up in Argentina

Unemployment dropped slightly to 10.2% in first quarter

GDP grew at fastest pace since 2018 in first quarter

Argentina’s inflation cools more than expected in May

Economy unexpectedly shrank for second straight month in March

Argentina orders Facebook to suspend WhatsApp data sharing

Argentine crop-monitoring app SIMA takes off with NASA's help

Argentina records highest inflation rate in 18 months: 4.8%

Argentina moves closer to joining BRICS group

Judge to close ‘Olivosgate’ case in exchange for donations by president, first lady

Covid cases continue to rise in Argentina, rising 28% from previous week

Economy contracted more than expected in March, says INDEC

Provisional Census 2022 count reveals Argentina's population is 47.3 million

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