News of sales

Peso to get boost from post-election debt sales rush

29-10-2025 17:10 Argentine provinces and companies are lining up to tap global markets in the next few weeks, opening a window of debt sales.

BOOKS & LITERATURE

Figures hint at deepening crisis for Argentina’s publishing market

26-05-2025 16:23 Annual report by Cámara Argentina del Libro – which represents more than 500 national publishers, bookshops, and distributors – reveals a decline both in the number of new titles and in print runs; Around three-quarters of publications are produced in and around Buenos Aires.

by Omar Genovese

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Milei risks reigniting inflation by floating Argentina’s peso

16-04-2025 12:35 Decision to ease currency controls is having an impact in the real economy. Retailers and importers are cautiously adjusting their prices as the peso weakens. And some fear it could spark inflation.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Milei tells farmers to sell soy now as peso slides 12%

14-04-2025 19:08 Farmers are starting to harvest their soy crop, worth billions of dollars in export revenues that Milei desperately needs at the Central Bank. But, so far, they have traded it at a crawl.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Argentina seeks its first wheat shipments to China in decades

30-11-2024 09:14 Argentina wheat traders are seeking to close their first significant sales to China since the 1990s, according to the head of the country’s top crop-exporting group.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Milei gets vote of confidence in wave of Argentine debt sales

15-10-2024 11:22 Argentina’s largest companies are rushing to issue dollar debt, a tentative sign that Javier Milei’s shock therapy is starting to restore investor confidence.

FINANCE & BUSINESS

MercadoLibre posts record Argentina sales amid consumer rebound

09-10-2024 13:27 MercadoLibre says it’s seeing signs of a consumption rebound in Argentina after a difficult start to the year.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Sales down 3.5% in February as consumption continues to fall

25-03-2024 17:48 Data supplied by the CAC Chamber of Commerce and services exposes continuing fall in consumer spending.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Milei’s policy moves seen boosting Argentina's wheat crop by 60%

12-12-2023 17:50 The arrival of Javier Milei to the Presidency is setting up the prospect of rapidly expanding wheat production in Argentina.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Argentina set to double wheat sales to Brazil on rebounding crop

07-12-2023 21:00 Argentina is poised to more than double its shipments of wheat to Brazil, displacing competitors including Russia in the key global agriculture market.