News of estimate

Private estimates: Three million new poor created so far this year

24-09-2024 16:19 Private estimates, published ahead of the INDEC national statistics bureau's latest update, suggest that some three million people have slipped below the poverty line since the turn of the year.

by Gonzalo Martínez

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Poverty above 40% fuels despair ahead of vote

27-09-2023 18:20 Surging consumer price increases are the dominant factor behind Argentina's ballooning poverty rate.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Central Bank sees monthly inflation spiking above 10%

29-08-2023 14:31 Central Bank estimates consumer prices in Argentina will increase at least 10.6% from July, the fastest monthly rate since more than three decades ago

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Private estimates say Argentina’s poverty rate has risen to 43%

09-07-2023 08:00 Around 12.5 million people in Argentina are now poor, according to new calculations from UCA and Di Tella universities; High inflation in first six months of year and inability of wages to keep pace with wage hikes means further one million people have slipped below the poverty line.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Argentina's maize and soybean harvest forecast trimmed again

11-04-2023 18:12 Argentina's soybean and corn production will be lower than previously thought due to drought, predicts US government, as it lowers forecasts for soybean crop to 27 million tons and maize to 37 million tons.