News of controls

Massa confirms price controls for 1,400 products on way

11-11-2022 10:40 Economy Minister Sergio Massa reveals that more than 100 companies have signed up to ‘Precios Justos’ price controls scheme, as he admits “the situation is critical.”

Government creates new exchange rate for provincial economies

07-11-2022 17:13 Economy Minister Sergio Massa says government will create new temporary exchange rate for provincial economies.

Yachts, whiskey, bull semen land on Argentina’s import blacklist

28-08-2022 09:47 New restrictions on imports form part of the government’s frantic attempt to stabilise currency and curb inflation.

Economy Ministry set to introduce ‘tech dollar’ exchange rate for freelancers

26-08-2022 10:24 Portfolio headed by Sergio Massa is moving forward with plans to introduce a "monotributo tech" exchange rate for freelancers in the knowledge economy.

Hunt for lithium sparks frantic rush into Argentina's mountains

24-05-2022 13:20 Looming shortage of lithium, key for electric vehicles, gives Argentina a chance to become a mining mecca.

Price control chief quits in latest sign of infighting

24-05-2022 09:41 Resignation of Domestic Trade Secretary Roberto Feletti is the latest sign of infighting over the government’s economic strategy as annual inflation approaches 60 percent.

Inflation slowed to 2.5% in November, reveals INDEC

14-12-2021 22:56 Price increases slowed from previous month yet have risen 45.4% since January and by 51.2% over the last year, according to official data.

Kulfas defends new rules: ‘Middle class has many options for the summer’

28-11-2021 09:08 Productive Development Minister Matías Kulfas becomes the latest government minister to take to the airwaves to defend new Central Bank rules on credit card purchases in dollars.

Argentina freezes prices on over 1,400 goods ahead of elections

20-10-2021 10:11 The government is freezing prices on 1,432 household items in an effort to cool accelerating inflation ahead of November’s midterm election. 

Price controls without IDEA(s)

16-10-2021 00:01 The holes in price controls are an all too familiar story in Argentina. All sorts of routes for bypassing them, but the ultimate problem confounding price controls is that even their success against all the odds also contains the seeds of failure.

by Michael Soltys

Argentina tightens capital controls ahead of midterm elections

13-08-2021 14:11 Regulators tighten screws on so-called blue-chip operations, where investors buy assets in pesos and sell them abroad in dollars to obtain foreign currency.

Debt rollover flops as investors eye midterms

04-08-2021 20:47 Investors sent a warning message to Argentina’s Treasury on Tuesday night – don’t expect us to finance the government’s increased spending ahead of November’s midterm elections unless interest rates go up.

Yields topping 14% lure investors to world’s best utility bond

14-07-2021 10:14 The world’s best performing utility bonds come from an unlikely corner of emerging markets – Argentina.

Argentina loses emerging market status on FX controls

25-06-2021 01:55 Argentine stocks were cut from emerging market status by index provider MSCI Inc on the country’s continued capital controls.

Argentina’s peso mess is delivering windfall profits to brokers

14-04-2021 15:12 In Argentina, financial markets are all but dead. From stocks to bonds to traditional foreign-exchange venues, trading volumes are razor thin. Except, that is, in one unusual corner.

Argentina resorts to unorthodox tools to fight 40% inflation

17-03-2021 13:24 Argentina is once again turning to a combination of unconventional policy tools to curb inflation, which is expected to near 40 percent this year.