News of gdp

World Bank sceptical over Milei’s dollarisation plans

05-10-2023 00:45 Argentina’s economy is set to contract 2.5% in 2023, according to the World Bank.

CELAC sees Latin American growth of 1.7%, but forecasts 3% slump for Argentina

05-09-2023 15:13 Argentina's economy forecast to contract by 3% this year, according to Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CELAC).

Economy

Brazil’s economic activity tumbles past all forecasts

17-07-2023 19:57 Brazil's economy shrank more than expected in May, but President Lula's government's reforms and anticipated rate cuts have raised investor optimism.

IMF ASSESSMENT

IMF says Argentina’s drought is worse than expected for growth

14-04-2023 11:13 “The more data we see, the more serious that shock seems to be on the country,” admits Nigel Chalk, IMF acting director for the Western Hemisphere.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Moody's forecasts 1.5% contraction for Argentina's economy

12-04-2023 13:46 Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service warns of impact of drought on Argentina's economy and predicts inflation will rise to 107% this calendar year.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy will grow by just 0.2% this year, says IMF

11-04-2023 10:59 IMF lowers 2023 global growth forecast to 2.8% and warns of looming half-decade of low growth; Fund predicts that economy will hardly grow this year and warns high inflation will continue.

COURT RULING

Argentina loses US$1.5-billion UK case over GDP-linked bonds

05-04-2023 10:47 Argentina must compensate investors for losses in the country’s growth-linked securities after the nation changed the method of calculating gross domestic product, a London court ruled.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy grew 5.2% in 2022, second straight year of growth

23-03-2023 16:49 Improvement in GDP was consumer-led (up 9.4%) with exports up 5.7%, new INDEC report reveals.

BLOOMBERG

Brazil’s faltering economy endangers Lula’s ‘barbecue and beer’ promise

03-03-2023 12:47 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva promised to bring prosperity back — “barbecue and beer” for all — if he returned to Brazil’s top job. Two months into his presidency, the economy he inherited is cutting his honeymoon short.

AGRICULTURE

Argentina’s soy harvest set for 14-year low amid punishing drought

10-02-2023 10:56 Major losses from harvest anticipated due to ‘worst drought in 60 years’; Forecasts slashed for soy, maize and wheat crops.

Minister's outlook

Economy can grow above 3% while slowing inflation, says Massa

08-01-2023 22:37 Economy Minister Sergio Massa says Argentina can record growth of 3% in 2023 in a feature-length interview with Perfil newspaper.

OPINION

2022: the errors of the economists

29-12-2022 02:31 The time has come to do what economists find so uncomfortable and what I find so useful: the annual balance sheet of predictions

by Gustavo González

Bloomberg

World Cup win could bring GDP boost to France or Argentina

16-12-2022 14:26 Argentina is better placed than France to reap the economic benefit that typically comes from winning the World Cup, says one academic.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy stalled as inflation spiked in July

26-09-2022 17:30 Argentina’s economy plateaued in July as an inflation spike caused by political volatility paralysed some sectors.

WORLD ECONOMY

OECD: World economy to slow, 'paying the price of war'

26-09-2022 15:33 OECD reduces Argentina's growth forecast for 2023 by 1.5 points, predicting an expansion of 0.4% next year. Outlook for this year remains unchanged, with estimated growth of 3.6%.

PROFILE

Martín Guzmán: the debt negotiator who fell with Argentina's economy

02-07-2022 22:48 A leading disciple of Nobel Prize-winning economics laureate Joseph Stiglitz, 39-year-old Martín Guzmán lacked experience in government when he joined President Alberto Fernández's Cabinet in December 2019.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Economy grew 6% in the first quarter of 2022

23-06-2022 23:24 National statistics bureau reveals that unemployment remained stable in the first three months of the year, reaching 7%.

EDITORIAL

Coins in the air

30-04-2022 01:09 There was a time when virtually everybody except the economists defined the economy by its bottom line. Things are no longer so binary or linear – least of all when trying to size up the Argentine economy today.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy grew 5.4% in January year-on-year, but fell from previous month

30-03-2022 13:41 Argentina's economy grew 5.42% in January year-on-year, but fell 0.5% compared to last December, according to government data.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy caps strong second half with December rebound

23-02-2022 17:41 Argentina’s economy capped a strong second half of growth as it emerged from a long recession last year.

EDITORIAL

Into More Frustration

04-02-2022 23:13 The distinction between an “agreement” and an “understanding” might seem like semantic quibbling but there is a world of difference. Máximo Kirchner and other critics within and beyond the government might be entitled to a certain scepticism as to the rosy picture painted by President Fernández a week ago.

2022 FORECAST

IMF slashes 2022 global growth outlook, forecasts 3% rise in GDP for Argentina

26-01-2022 15:17 The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is creating an obstacle course for the global economy, which will slow growth this year, notably in the world's two largest economies, the IMF said Tuesday.

AGRICULTURE

Drought could trim a third of Argentina’s economic growth this year

18-01-2022 15:47 Dryness that’s parching soybeans and corn across Argentina’s Pampas crop belt will shave US$4.8 billion off the nation’s gross domestic product this year, according to one of the first analyses of the economic impact of the drought.

THE YEAR TO COME

World economy now set to surpass US$100 trillion in 2022

29-12-2021 21:54 The world economy is set to surpass US$100 trillion for the first time in 2022, two years earlier than previously forecast, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Guzmán forecasts 10% growth for Argentina's economy in 2021

14-12-2021 12:55 Martín Guzmán tells congressional committee that Argentina's economy will grow 10% this year.

News of gdp

World Bank sceptical over Milei’s dollarisation plans

CELAC sees Latin American growth of 1.7%, but forecasts 3% slump for Argentina

Brazil’s economic activity tumbles past all forecasts

IMF says Argentina’s drought is worse than expected for growth

Moody's forecasts 1.5% contraction for Argentina's economy

Economy will grow by just 0.2% this year, says IMF

Argentina loses US$1.5-billion UK case over GDP-linked bonds

Economy grew 5.2% in 2022, second straight year of growth

Brazil’s faltering economy endangers Lula’s ‘barbecue and beer’ promise

Argentina’s soy harvest set for 14-year low amid punishing drought

Economy can grow above 3% while slowing inflation, says Massa

2022: the errors of the economists

World Cup win could bring GDP boost to France or Argentina

Economy stalled as inflation spiked in July

OECD: World economy to slow, 'paying the price of war'

Martín Guzmán: the debt negotiator who fell with Argentina's economy

INDEC: Economy grew 6% in the first quarter of 2022

Coins in the air

Economy grew 5.4% in January year-on-year, but fell from previous month

Economy caps strong second half with December rebound

Into More Frustration

IMF slashes 2022 global growth outlook, forecasts 3% rise in GDP for Argentina

Drought could trim a third of Argentina’s economic growth this year

World economy now set to surpass US$100 trillion in 2022

Guzmán forecasts 10% growth for Argentina's economy in 2021

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Victoria Villarruel hold ‘historic’ transition meeting

Karina Milei: How the most important member of Argentina’s next government thinks

Attack on fans overshadows Argentina historic win over Brazil

Who will be in Javier Milei’s Cabinet? The ministers and secretaries confirmed so far

Victoria Villarruel, the first vice-president to play down dictatorship’s crimes

El destino del PAMI en la era Milei, en manos del PRO

Gabinete de Javier Milei: ya se confirmaron los nombres de seis ministros y seis secretarios

Aguinaldo: ¿Javier Milei puede decidir que no se pague?

Habló David Nalbandian tras ser acusado por acoso sexual y hostigamiento a su ex pareja

Malena Galmarini salió a responderle a Javier Milei por la privatización de AySA