News of government data

Milei’s inflation miracle distorted by obsolete items in index

19-03-2025 17:12 Calls are getting louder for President Javier Milei’s government to redo the make-up of the consumer price index for the first time in two decades.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Milei lowers peso crawling peg to 1% after inflation stabilises

14-01-2025 16:43 Monthly inflation continues to run near a four-year low, opening the door for first change to currency policy in more than a year.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Poverty soars past 50% in Argentina as Milei austerity hits hard

26-09-2024 17:12 About 52.9% of Argentines were mired below the poverty line in the first half of the year, up from 41.7% in the second half of 2023.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC reports 5.1% Q1 slump in GDP, unemployment on rise

24-06-2024 20:58 Argentina's economy contracted by 5.1% in first quarter, says INDEC; Unemployment hit 7.7% as Milei government’s austerity measures began to kick in.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy slumped for fourth straight month in February

23-04-2024 20:18 Economic activity fell 3.2% in February from a year ago, a fourth straight monthly decline. On a monthly basis, activity declined 0.2%, according to government data.

President on poverty

'Badly measured' – Fernández questions official poverty rate

04-12-2023 13:53 President Alberto Fernández has questioned the INDEC national statistics bureau, saying he think that Argentina’s official poverty rate is “badly measured.”

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."

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.

News of government data

Milei’s inflation miracle distorted by obsolete items in index

Milei lowers peso crawling peg to 1% after inflation stabilises

Poverty soars past 50% in Argentina as Milei austerity hits hard

INDEC reports 5.1% Q1 slump in GDP, unemployment on rise

Economy slumped for fourth straight month in February

'Badly measured' – Fernández questions official poverty rate

Rosario surpasses grim threshold of 150 homicides

Opposition slams government for ongoing inflation woes

More than 40% of victims of sexual violence in Argentina are children

Poverty in Argentina falls sharply as prices cool under Milei

Poverty dropped to 38.1% in second half of 2024, reveals INDEC

Caputo: Argentina wants a ‘high’ first disbursement from IMF

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner appeals corruption conviction to Argentina’s Supreme Court

Trump says 'not joking' about possible third term as US president

La Municipalidad de Córdoba pagó US$ 25 millones de la tercera cuota de la deuda contraída por Mestre

"Superjueves" en la interna del peronismo: Kicillof intentará suspender las PASO y encabezará un acto

El provocativo tuit de Javier Milei en pleno 2 de abril: celebró a Trump con una canción de la banda inglesa Queen

El Gobierno salió a defender a Milei por el discurso de Malvinas: lo acusaron de "funcionalidad con los británicos"

Video: la polémica fiesta de una diputada libertaria con 300 maestros de artes marciales en la Legislatura