News of devaluation

ELECTION 2019: ELECTION 2019

Argentina’s election won’t change its economic options

01-06-2019 12:05 Voters will have the last word in October, but whoever wins the election will face the same narrowing policy choices and even less room to improvise than Macri.

by Marc Margolis

ECONOMIC TURBULENCE

Government warns 'long and painful' recession lies ahead

08-09-2018 10:16 President Mauricio Macri begins week by announcing austerity package, Central Bank chief Luis Caputo ends week with honest assessment of economic outlook, as peso calms slightly against the dollar.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

'Export duties will help balance the fiscal situation'

08-09-2018 09:42 Rodrigo Álvarez, CEO of the Analytica consultancy firm, on the crisis and what lies ahead for the economy in 2019.

by Fermin Koop

ECONOMIC QUESTIONS

Corruption, he wrote

11-08-2018 13:05 Inflation is such an acute everyday aggravation that it becomes all too easy to forget that devaluation might well be twice as fast – around 70 percent by the end of the year according to various estimates.

by Michael Soltys

DEVALUATION CRISIS

Numbers of Argentines travelling abroad declines after devaluation

11-08-2018 12:57 A 2.6% decline was registered in June compared to the same month last year.

DEVALUATION AND CRISIS

Chairman Macri and the Austrian dilemma

14-07-2018 08:03 Macri needs to lay out a plan to recover productivity across major economic sectors which includes lowering taxes while broadening the base by disincentivising informal labour.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

DOLLAR HOVERING NEAR 21.50p

Argentina's Central Bank hikes key rate to 40% to support peso

04-05-2018 12:23 Argentina’s Central Bank has hiked its benchmark interest rate to 40 percent to support the peso after it plunged in value.