News of economic activity

Economic activity slumped 12.6% in first seven months of 2020

29-09-2020 00:23 New data from INDEC national statistics bureau shows economic activity fell 13.2 percent in July, compared to the same month of previous year.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economic recovery falters amid tighter lockdown rules

28-09-2020 17:41 Economic activity fell 13.2% in July year-on-year, worse than most estimates, while rising 1.1% from a month earlier.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina's GDP slumped 19.1% in second quarter of 2020

22-09-2020 17:30 INDEC says economy posted sharpest quarterly contraction in recent history, though still narrowly beating economists’ forecasts.

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Stark economic data underlines pandemic's impact on Argentina's economy

21-08-2020 14:02 Economic activity slumped 12.9% in the first half of 2020 year-on-year, INDEC reveals. Yet rebound is beginning amid coronavirus lockdown.

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Argentina's economy extends rebound from pandemic lows

21-08-2020 00:32 Economy continues to show early signs of recovery after a strict Covid-19 lockdown brought commerce to a dramatic halt.

BLOOMBERG

Economy plunges more than expected after lockdown

29-06-2020 23:10 Economic activity fell 17.5% in April from the previous month, and 26.4% from a year ago, the government reported Monday.

Coronavirus pandemic

First anti-lockdown protest takes place in Buenos Aires

26-05-2020 15:41 Around 150 demonstrators rallied at the Plaza de Mayo on the 25 de Mayo holiday, protesting the lockdown introduced to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and the halt in economic activity.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economic activity fell 11.5% in March as lockdown kicked in

20-05-2020 18:12 INDEC national statistics bureau reveals economy contracted by 11.5% in March, as lockdown kicked in. Experts anticipate that April's data will be even worse.

EDITORIAL

Throwing stones from a glass house?

16-05-2020 08:57 The institutional monstrosity of allowing governments to choose anti-corruption officials entirely in the presidential (or vice-presidential) pocket puts both sides on the same sordid level.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economic activity dropped 3.8% in August year-on-year

24-10-2019 21:00 The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently predicted that Argentina's gross domestic product would decline by 3.1% in 2019.

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Economy stagnated in June, with activity down 2.6% in first half of 2019

22-08-2019 19:29 Data from the INDEC national statistics bureau on Thursday indicated that economic activity in Argentina did not alter in June with respect to the same month the previous year.