News of price increases

Argentina raises key rate to 78% for first time since September

16-03-2023 17:43 Argentina raised its benchmark rate on Thursday for the first time since September after annual inflation surpassed 100%.

ENERGY

Vaca Muerta: Government's ace in the hole against energy price hikes

01-02-2023 10:37 Upward inflationary trend in first three months of year set to continue with further increases in utility prices on the way. But the government is banking on Vaca Muerta and the Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline continuing to pay off.

Living with inflation

Price hikes continue as Argentina competes for another world title

13-01-2023 15:00 New data shows that Argentina is suffering from one of the worst inflation rates in the world: in 2022, prices increased by an almost unthinkable 94%.

Inflation Rises

Inflation hit 94.8% in 2022, highest rate in 32 years

12-01-2023 17:34 INDEC reveals that prices increased by 5.1% in December, continuing the general downward trend but accelerating slightly from the preceding month.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Prices have risen by 88% over last 12 months, reveals INDEC

15-11-2022 17:06 Inflation was 6.3% in October, according to national statistics bureau; Price hikes stand at 76.6% since the turn of the year, with 2022 likely to end with a rate in triple digits.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Argentina’s annual inflation spikes to 88%, topping G20 countries

15-11-2022 17:00 Consumer prices rose 88% in October from a year ago, surpassing Turkey’s 85.5% rate for the highest among Group of 20 nations.

BLOOMBERG

Inflation to hit 100% by end of 2022, EcoGo says

07-09-2022 16:20 Economic consultancy firm EcoGo forecasts that inflation will hit 99.6% by the end of the year.

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

PRICE HIKES

‘Inflation is paralysing Argentina’s economy,’ says IMF official

15-04-2022 01:10 Opposition critics let rip at government after damning INDEC data reveals extent of consumer price hikes.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Prices jumped 4.7% in February, compounding inflation concerns

18-03-2022 08:13 Inflation over the last 12 months now totals 52.3%, with prices up by 8.8% in just the first two months of the year.

Bloomberg

Argentina’s Central Bank weighs rate hike amid IMF talks

15-12-2021 09:12 Central Bank weighing first interest rate increase in over a year as it seeks to bring borrowing costs closer to inflation amid talks with the IMF.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation slowed to 3.3% in May, says INDEC

16-06-2021 19:49 Inflation in Argentina slowed to 3.3 percent in May, the lowest monthly rate registered since December last year.

PRICE RISES

Poll shows Argentines expect inflation to hit 50% in next year

26-05-2021 13:18 Prices in Argentina are seen rising 50.2% over the next 12 months, according to the University of Torcuato di Tella’s monthly poll of citizens.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation continues to rise: prices increased 4.1% in April

14-05-2021 01:47 INDEC’s Consumer Price Index shows cost of living jumped 4.1% in April and 17.6% in the first four months of the year.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

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.