News of outlook

IDB predicts 'difficult' 2023 for Latin America

20-03-2023 10:49 Latin America and the Caribbean will experience a "difficult" 2023 with barely one percent growth due to global uncertainty, Inter-American Development Bank warns.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Argentina to face deeper 2023 contraction on drought, Itaú says

08-03-2023 21:26 Drought will lead to a larger economic contraction in 2023 than previously anticipated, according to analysts at Itaú

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

JPMorgan sees economy facing prospect of hard landing

28-02-2023 09:20 Argentina’s economy is facing the prospect of a “hard landing” scenario this year as a crop drought deepens expectations of a larger downturn, according to JPMorgan.

Global economic outlook

From impending catastrophe to moderately optimistic?

04-02-2023 06:09 Just as the global economy was heading into an unavoidable recession, sentiment seems to have been reversed and optimism is taking over.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

INVESTMENT IN ARGENTINA

2023: Interesting challenges for investors in the year to come

25-01-2023 12:56 Having a global vision helps us understand that there are economic problems that transcend borders and the mechanisms used to solve them have consequences in different geographies.

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.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation slowed to 4.9% in November – lowest figure in nine months

15-12-2022 23:44 According to the INDEC national statistics bureau, prices have increased by 92.4% over the past 12 months; Monthly rate for November less than expected, while quarterly economic growth picked up before government renewed price control scheme

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Inflation seen peaking over 130% next year, EcoGo says

01-11-2022 21:48 Inflation in Argentina is projected to peak at over 130 percent next year from its current level of 83 percent, according to a new report by Buenos Aires-based consultancy firm EcoGo.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

ECLAC: Latin American economy will grow 3.2% in 2022

20-10-2022 00:34 ECLAC said all subregions will face a growth slowdown next year, with South America expecting growth of 1.2% in 2023 compared to 3.4% this year.

HUNT FOR GREENBACKS

Massa seeks more dollars, betting everything on 2023

07-10-2022 08:51 Relief from the government’s “soy dollar” twinned with concern because hoarding hard currency will not be so easy in the final months of the year; Minister on course to deliver fiscal deficit of 2.5% of gross domestic product, thus magnifying future political tensions and challenges for an electoral year.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Economists see inflation surpassing 100% by December

07-10-2022 08:23 Private economists in Argentina see prices increasing 100% by December, Central Bank’s latest monthly survey reveals.

RISING PRICES

Inflation: Argentina’s interminable nightmare

25-08-2022 22:20 The international crisis has placed Argentina’s economy, once again, among the global leaders for inflation.

by Tristán Rodríguez Loredo

WORLD ECONOMY

IMF slashes global growth forecasts amid Ukraine war

19-04-2022 15:07 IMF lowers global growth forecast to 3.6% for 2022 in wake of "seismic" impact of Ukraine war.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

IMF improves growth outlook for Argentina's economy

12-10-2021 14:04 International Monetary Fund improves 2021 growth forecast for Argentina to 7.5%, rise of 1.1 points.

GLOBAL OUTLOOK

IMF: Inequality, inflation hurting pandemic recovery

05-10-2021 12:25 Global economic bounceback from the Covid-19 crisis will downshift this year as countries struggle with rising prices, high debt loads and divergent recoveries, warns IMF.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina’s US$45-billion IMF talks hit by Fernández election loss

13-09-2021 16:29 The Argentine government’s election loss on Sunday weakens Economy Minister Martin Guzmán’s negotiating power with the International Monetary Fund, according to one of the nation’s former representatives with the Fund.