News of indec

INDEC: Inflation 2.8% in September, 22.3% this year so far

14-10-2020 18:22 Consumer prices rose 2.8% in September, with the biggest increases in clothing and footwear and alcoholic beverages and tobacco.

BLOOMBERG

Economic recovery stalls with industry declining

08-10-2020 15:18 Industrial production fell 0.9% in August compared to July and 7.1% from the previous year, according to official data.

Global pandemic

Up to 150 million could join extreme poor, warns World Bank

07-10-2020 15:40 Up to 150 million people could slip into extreme poverty, living on less than US$1.90 a day, by late next year, says World Bank.

Poverty

Pandemic’s impact laid bare as poverty rises to 40.9%

30-09-2020 19:33 INDEC national statistics bureau says poverty rose to 40.9 percent in the first half of year, with more than 18 million people in Argentina considered poor.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economic activity slumped 12.6% in first seven months of 2020

29-09-2020 00:23 New data from INDEC national statistics bureau shows economic activity fell 13.2 percent in July, compared to the same month of previous year.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economic recovery falters amid tighter lockdown rules

28-09-2020 17:41 Economic activity fell 13.2% in July year-on-year, worse than most estimates, while rising 1.1% from a month earlier.

THE WEEK

What we learned this week: September 19 to 26

26-09-2020 09:29 Our pick of the stories from the last seven days in Argentina.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Unemployment in Argentina rises to 16-year high of 13.1%

23-09-2020 19:37 Joblessness rose to 13.1% in the second quarter of the year, INDEC reveals, revealed Wednesday, pushed higher by economic turmoil and the coronavirus pandemic.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina's GDP slumped 19.1% in second quarter of 2020

22-09-2020 17:30 INDEC says economy posted sharpest quarterly contraction in recent history, though still narrowly beating economists’ forecasts.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC says inflation in August reached 2.7%

16-09-2020 18:24 Consumer prices in Argentina increased 2.7% in August and have risen 18.9% since the turn of the year.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Stark economic data underlines pandemic's impact on Argentina's economy

21-08-2020 14:02 Economic activity slumped 12.9% in the first half of 2020 year-on-year, INDEC reveals. Yet rebound is beginning amid coronavirus lockdown.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina's economy extends rebound from pandemic lows

21-08-2020 00:32 Economy continues to show early signs of recovery after a strict Covid-19 lockdown brought commerce to a dramatic halt.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation in Argentina reached 1.9% in July

13-08-2020 17:59 Consumer prices rose 1.9% in July from the previous month. Inflation since the turn of the year now totals 15.8%.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Hit by Covid-19 lockdown, exports fell 11% in the first half of year

28-07-2020 22:23 In the first six months of 2020, exports reached US$27.388 billion, reveals INDEC national statistics bureau.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economic activity slumped 20.6% in May from previous year

24-07-2020 01:42 INDEC confirms 13.2% contraction in first five months of 2020, though activity was up 10% on April, recovering some of lost activity during pandemic lockdown.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation in June hit 2.2%, reveals INDEC

15-07-2020 18:21 Consumer prices outpaced expectations to rise by 2.2% last month despite the coronavirus lockdown. In the first six months of 2020 inflation totalled 13.6%, with prices up 42.8% over the last year.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation reached 1.5% in May, second straight month under 2%

12-06-2020 01:20 Inflation rate for the last 12 months now totals 43.4%, with a rise of 11.1 percent recorded in the first five months of the year so far.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

China overtook Brazil as Argentina's largest trading partner in April

04-06-2020 02:23 Argentina recorded a surplus of US$98 million with China in April, compared to a US$351 million deficit in the same month of the previous year, says CERA business chamber.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation slowed to 1.5% in April amid nationwide lockdown

15-05-2020 02:18 Consumer prices rose 1.5% in April compared to March, a significant decrease from the previous monthly figure of 3.3%, the INDEC national statistics agency reported.

PRE-PANDEMIC

Economic activity contracted by 2.2% in February, says INDEC

28-04-2020 18:34 National statistics bureau reveals economy contracted by 2% in first two months of 2020, prior to the coronavirus-induced shutdown in economic activity.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation in March hit 3.3% amid lockdown, rise in food prices

15-04-2020 18:42 Consumer prices rose faster than expected in March as the country went into a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

35.5% of Argentines were living in poverty at end of 2019, says INDEC

01-04-2020 23:01 Some 16 million people were considered to be living below the poverty line at the end of 2019, according to official data published Tuesday.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy fell by 1.8% year-on-year in January prior to pandemic

31-03-2020 15:15 INDEC's estimate of economy activity shows that GDP has registered year-on-year drops in 19 of the last 21 months.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Unemployment rate dropped to 8.9% in last quarter of 2019

27-03-2020 00:01 Argentina's unemployment rate fell in the fourth quarter of 2019, the INDEC national statistics bureau revealed Thursday, adding that underemployment rose.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina's shrank 2.1% in 2019, reports INDEC

21-02-2020 18:00 Argentina's recession-hit economy shrank by 2.1 percent in 2019, the INDEC national statistics bureau announced Friday.

ECONOMIST

Ex-INDEC director Jorge Todesca dies at 73

21-02-2020 16:58 Economist tasked with restoring the integrity of the INDEC under the Macri administration has died just weeks after leaving his post, family confirms.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation slowed in January to 2.3%, reveals INDEC

13-02-2020 16:36 Lowest monthly rate recorded since July 2019, which prices increased by 2.2%. Since January 2019, prices in Argentina have increased by 52.9%, reveals bureau.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Economic activity fell 1.9% in November

23-01-2020 17:57 Production of goods and services registered 1.7% decline on previous month, with a sharper drop year-on-year.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina records highest inflation rate since 1991

18-01-2020 09:07 Prices increased by 53.8% in President Macri’s final year in office, reveals INDEC.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

53.8%: Argentina posts the highest inflation rate in 28 years

15-01-2020 17:51 INDEC reveals prices last year increased by the highest rate since 1991, with inflation in December coming in at 3.7%.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Industry and construction continue free fall

09-01-2020 10:17 Data indicates industrial production slumped by 4.5% in November – 19th consecutive month of decline.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina's economy shrank by 0.9% in October, says INDEC

23-12-2019 17:40 Economy contracted by 2.3% in first 10 months of 2019, data from national statistics bureau shows.

Economic Crisis

Unemployment reached 9.7% in third quarter of 2019

19-12-2019 15:04 Racked by economic crisis, Argentina's joblessness rate has actually shown slight improvement.

NATIONAL STATISTICS BUREAU

Jorge Todesca: 'INDEC's independence was a firm commitment by Macri'

05-12-2019 08:00 Outgoing INDEC chief discusses the changes at the national statistics bureau under his term, his replacement Marco Lavagna and his relationship with his daugther Cecilia – who is an economic advisor to president-elect Alberto Fernández.

by Patricia Valli

Transition 2019

Fernández lines up Marco Lavagna to head INDEC statistics bureau

27-11-2019 17:02 Lawmaker and son of the former economy minister Roberto Lavagna will lead the national statistics bureau, president-elect confirms.

NATIONAL STATISTICS BUREAU

Government pushes bill to protect INDEC bureau from 'political pressures'

22-11-2019 10:48 Bill sent to Congress would turn bureau into independent and autonomous unit, amid fears Kirchnerite figures may intervene in institution after December 10.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation in October hit 3.3%, reports INDEC

14-11-2019 16:38 Prices have risen by 40.2% since turn of the year and by 50.5% over last 12 months, according to official data.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economic activity dropped 3.8% in August year-on-year

24-10-2019 21:00 The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently predicted that Argentina's gross domestic product would decline by 3.1% in 2019.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation in September reached 5.9%, the highest figure of the year so far

16-10-2019 16:26 Prices have risen by 37.7% in 2019 so far and by 53.5% over the last 12 months, according to INDEC's CPI index.

ELECTION 2019

Poverty rate casts shadow over Macri's re-election hopes

04-10-2019 12:22 As INDEC reveals 35.4% of Argentines are living in poverty, President Mauricio Macri is struggling to address another problem casting a shadow over his re-election hopes.

argentina

What we learned this week: September 22 to 27

28-09-2019 03:55 Key stories from the last seven days.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economic activity grew 0.6% in July year-on-year, says INDEC

27-09-2019 00:46 Small rise on last July's figure thanks to agriculture; economic activity has contracted by 2.1% since January, according to statistics bureau.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Unemployment rose to 10.6% in second quarter

19-09-2019 19:05 Around 2.5 million people now out of work. INDEC also reveals economic activity recorded a slight recovery of 0.6% in the second quarter.

argentina

What we learned this week: September 8 to 13

13-09-2019 23:11 Key stories from the last seven days.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation in August reached 4%, so far this year prices up 30%

12-09-2019 16:32 Price increases accelerated last month, according to INDEC bureau. Inflation over last 12 months now totals 54.5%

JOBLESSNESS

As crisis bites, Argentina’s young adults again face risk of jobless future

07-09-2019 00:37 More than 20% of Argentines aged under 30 are unemployed and the situation looks set to worsen in the coming months, with joblessness disproportionately affecting women.

by Lucas Robinson

OFFICIAL DATA

INDEC chief: Bureau's independence would be lost under the opposition

28-08-2019 09:55 Jorge Todesca slams Peronist opposition in unprecedented letter, warning that Kirchnerite leaders may undermine the legitimacy and independence of the INDEC national statistics bureau.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Macri: Inflation in August will be above three percent

27-08-2019 14:43 "It's going to be three-something in August. It's not good, it's very bad," the president said at an event alongside agricultural producers and farm-owners.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy stagnated in June, with activity down 2.6% in first half of 2019

22-08-2019 19:29 Data from the INDEC national statistics bureau on Thursday indicated that economic activity in Argentina did not alter in June with respect to the same month the previous year.