PROPERTY Survey: Rents prices in Buenos Aires up 52% so far this year Yesterday 17:36 Average value of a flat is already above 500,000 pesos; Price of one-bedroom flat went up 4.4% in September.
Lithium in Argentina Argentina bullish on lithium amid increase in production 10-09-2024 16:54 Lithium production in Argentina rose 56 percent in July year-on-year; Officials confident of investment despite drop in prices of metal, eye production of 80,000 tonnes by late 2024.
ECONOMY & POLITICS Argentines rush to deposit cash savings as part of Milei policy 09-09-2024 15:08 Dollar deposits have surged 40 percent to US$19.8 billion since he took office December 10, marking the highest levels since late 2019, according to Central Bank data.
UTILITY RATES Bye subsidies, hello soaring prices: Sharp gas increases on way 27-03-2024 16:13 First update will be applied in April; the following between May and September and the last one from October to December. Strong impact on high income households, shops and industries.
More hikes on way Gas prices set to rise sharply as Energy Secretariat prepares to trim subsidies 13-03-2024 17:48 Sources in Energy Secretariat anticipate new rates will be disclosed in next week; Energy companies have asked for rises above 500%.
TRAVEL & TOURISM Nearly half a million tourists visited Argentina in first half of January 30-01-2024 18:07 Some 460,000 foreign travellers took trips in the first two weeks of the year – 33.5-percent increase on the same period last year.
TRANSPORT New year starts with transport fare, fuel hikes 02-01-2024 16:59 Porteños feel the pinch as public transport fares and fuel prices soar in first days of New Year.