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Argentina records highest inflation rate in 18 months: 4.8%

15-04-2021 17:35 Inflation in March reached 4.8% – the highest figure since September 2019. Prices have jumped 12.4% in first three months of year, 42.6% over last 12 months.

Inflation in Argentina speeds up, prompting government crackdown

15-04-2021 09:44 Argentina’s inflation accelerated last month at the fastest pace since President Alberto Fernández took office in late 2019, experts believe, prompting the government to tighten its unorthodox controls over companies.

Some lessons in elementary Chinese

03-04-2021 08:24 Unfortunately for many millions of people, Argentina has long been programmed to get poorer and the Kirchnerite government is clearly determined to ensure the slide downhill continues.

by James Neilson

Pandemic and economic crisis pushes poverty rate up to 42%

31-03-2021 19:50 More than four in 10 Argentines were living in poverty in the second half of 2020, INDEC national statistics bureau reveals – the highest level since 2004.

Missing seven-year-old found ‘safe and well’ after three-day search

20-03-2021 08:01 Maia, missing since Monday, found safely in Luján with captor after massive search effort. Disappearance of seven-year-old highlights number of families living in poverty in Argentina.

Inflation data casts shadow over government’s target

13-03-2021 09:07 Price increases slowed slightly in February from previous month, but Alberto Fernández administration’s 2021 target of 29% already looks out of reach.

INDEC estimates economy contracted 10% in 2020

25-02-2021 17:35 Bureau’s Monthly Estimator of Economic Activity (EMAE), published Wednesday, revealed the economy fell by 2.2% in December.

Argentina’s economy recovery slowed to a crawl in December

24-02-2021 17:52 Economic growth month-over-month slowed to a crawl of 0.9% growth in December, down from 1.4% in November.

Economy posts sixth straight month of growth post Covid-Plunge

26-12-2020 10:25 Argentina’s economy continued to recover slowly from its historic Covid-19 plunge earlier this year, posting the sixth straight month of growth.

Economic activity contracted 7.4% in October year-on-year

24-12-2020 02:47 Economic activity contracted by 11.3% in the first 10 months of 2020, compared to the previous year, the INDEC national statistics bureau reports.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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%.

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.

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.

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.

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.