News of indec

Argentina's GDP growth slowed in first quarter as exports shrank

23-06-2022 23:22 Argentina's economy grew less than expected in the first quarter as the agricultural sector contracted and exports fell.

PRICE OF POVERTY

Family needs almost 100,000 pesos a month not to be poor

23-06-2022 14:29 A typical family in Argentina needed to earn almost 100,000 pesos in May not to qualify as living in poverty, according to INDEC.

ANALYSIS

Argentina’s annual inflation reaches 61% as investors worry

14-06-2022 18:08 Price gains reach almost 61% in annual terms as investors worry about the government’s ability to pay its local debt.

Census 2022

Provisional Census 2022 count reveals Argentina's population is 47.3 million

19-05-2022 21:40 According to provisional results from the National Census 2022, released Thursday by INDEC, Argentina's population is made up of 47,327,407 people, with women making up the majority.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy contracted more than expected in March, says INDEC

19-05-2022 17:58 Economic activity in Argentina grew 4.8% year-on-year in March, though it contracted 0.7% from the previous month.

National census 2022

‘Exceeded all expectations’ – Authorities hail 2022 National Census

18-05-2022 23:54 More than 23.8 million people complete once-in-a-decade survey online, reveals official; 2022 census the first to include new questions on gender and ethnicity.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation continues to bite as INDEC reveals 6% jump in April

12-05-2022 23:44 Price increases totalled 23.1% in the first quarter, with prices hiked 58% over the last 12 months, according to official data.

CENSUS 2022

Argentina prepares to embark upon national census after two-year pandemic delay

10-05-2022 15:29 Next Wednesday, May 18, Argentina will all but shut down as tens of thousands of census workers get to work surveying the national population. This year’s mammoth undertaking is different to that of 12 years ago, though – for the first time, citizens and residents have been asked to fill out their details online in advance.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy grew 9.1% year-on-year in February, says INDEC

22-04-2022 00:00 Argentina's economy regained momentum in February, growing at its fastest pace for several months.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Argentina’s inflation surged to 20-year high in March

13-04-2022 21:07 Consumer prices in Argentina rose 6.7% in March, up 55.1% over past year; Rift between top two political leaders hampers inflation fight.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC reveals prices jumped 6.7% in March

13-04-2022 16:08 Consumer prices in Argentina rose 6.7% in March – the highest monthly rate in nearly six years, official data reveals.

PRICE HIKES

Guzmán admits Argentina's March inflation figure will exceed 6%

12-04-2022 13:52 Economy Minister Martín Guzmán admits that March inflation figure will definitely be greater than six percent.

PRICE HIKES

Inflation fears grow as Feletti takes aim at Guzmán

08-04-2022 23:51 Report by UMET university warns that prices rose 6.8% in March, with hikes affecting lower-income workers the most.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Poverty fell to 37.3% in the second half of 2021

31-03-2022 15:55 Just over 37% of the population were living in poverty in the second half of 2021 – a drop of three points compared to the first half of the year, according to official data.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy grew 5.4% in January year-on-year, but fell from previous month

30-03-2022 13:41 Argentina's economy grew 5.42% in January year-on-year, but fell 0.5% compared to last December, according to government data.

economy

Economy shrank in January after strong finish to 2021

29-03-2022 17:14 Economic activity in January fell 0.5% from the previous month; Results signal a slowdown in growth ahead of finalising of IMF debt deal.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Unemployment dropped to 7% in fourth quarter of 2021

24-03-2022 15:54 National statistics bureau reports lowest joblessness rate since 2016 and highest employment rate in five years.

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.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation quickens more than expected in new challenge

15-03-2022 21:42 Argentina’s inflation accelerated in February at its fastest pace in nearly a year, surpassing forecasts and challenging the government’s targets for this year.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina's manufacturing, construction shrink to start 2022

10-03-2022 19:46 Industrial production contracted 5.5% in January from previous month. Construction activity declined 3.9% in the same period.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

GDP grew 10.3% in 2021 after three years of decline

25-02-2022 14:51 National statistics bureau confirms Argentina’s gross domestic product rose 10.3% in 2021 – first year of growth since 2017.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy caps strong second half with December rebound

23-02-2022 17:41 Argentina’s economy capped a strong second half of growth as it emerged from a long recession last year.

Bloomberg

Argentina’s 50% inflation has crypto credit cards booming

16-02-2022 20:41 With inflation surging at a more than 50% annually, cryptocurrency exchange Lemon Cash plans to increase issuance of Bitcoin rewards cards this year.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation reached 3.9% in January, lifting annual rate to 50.7%

15-02-2022 22:08 Consumer prices rose 3.9% in January as inflation accelerated for a second straight month, the INDEC national statistics bureau reported on Wednesday.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Inflation accelerates for second straight month

15-02-2022 21:55 Argentina’s inflation accelerated for the second consecutive month in January as the Central Bank sped up the pace of its controlled currency devaluations.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy grew 10.3% year-on-year in first 11 months of 2021

25-01-2022 19:03 GDP rose 10.3% year-on-year between January and November 2021, reveals national statistics bureau.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina’s economy expanded more than expected in November

25-01-2022 18:29 Economic activity rose 1.7% from October, the fastest pace since June and above analysts’ expectations for a 0.9% expansion.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina more than halves 2021 budget deficit amid IMF talks

21-01-2022 22:56 Argentina sharply reduced its budget deficit in 2021 as President Alberto Fernández tries to cut down on spending amid talks with the International Monetary Fund.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Inflation in Argentina soared to 50.9% in 2021

13-01-2022 17:08 Argentina's consumer price index accelerated in December by 3.8 percent, lifting the country's inflation rate for 2021 to 50.9% – one of the highest rates in the world.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy grew 6.7% year-on-year in October, according to INDEC

23-12-2021 16:43 Economic activity grew 6.7 percent in October year-on-year, but fell 0.8 percent compared to September, according to INDEC.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina's unemployment rate fell to 8.2% in third quarter

21-12-2021 18:43 Year-on-year unemployment in Argentina fell by 3.5 percentage points in the third quarter of 2021 to 8.2 percent, according to official data.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy grew 10.8% in first nine months of 2021, says INDEC

17-12-2021 02:23 Argentina's economy grew 11.9% year-on-year in the third quarter, according to INDEC.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina’s economy posts strong third quarter rebound

16-12-2021 16:47 Gross domestic product rose 11.9% in the third quarter from a year earlier, rebounding thanks to vaccination and the re-opening of activities.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

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.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina inflation cools as IMF eyes monetary policy shift

14-12-2021 17:49 Inflation cooled last month as the government’s strategy to tackle persistently high prices becomes a focal point of negotiations with the IMF.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

UCA: 65% of children in Argentina living in poverty

08-12-2021 09:45 According to UCA’s Social Debt Observatory, 43.8% of the country’s population was considered poor as of last October, a drop of almost a point on the previous year’s total of 44.7%.

BLOOMBERG

Argentine warrants more than double after ruling favours Aurelius

03-12-2021 01:27 US court rules Argentina will be required to show how it calculated statistics at the centre of a legal battle between the country and hedge fund Aurelius Capital Management LP.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy beats forecast despite political woes

23-11-2021 19:03 Argentina’s economy expanded more than expected in September as tourism, manufacturing and construction picked up.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Inflation reached 3.5% in October

11-11-2021 16:47 National statistics bureau says inflation came in at 3.5% last month, despite imposition of price controls. Prices have increased 52% over the last 12 months, according to official data

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economic activity rose 12.8% in August year-on-year

22-10-2021 02:27 Activity up 10.8% on previous year in first eight months of this year, according to data from INDEC national statistics bureau.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation hit 3.5% in September as hikes picked up pace

15-10-2021 01:05 Consumer prices have risen 37% so far this year and 52.5% over last 12 months, according to new data from INDEC national statistics bureau.

BLOOMBERG

Inflation accelerated more than expected in September

14-10-2021 17:39 Consumer prices in Argentina climbed more than expected last month, prompting President Alberto Fernández to expand unconventional price controls.

Price increases

World Bank rules out risk of hyperinflation in Argentina

06-10-2021 21:22 World Bank official plays down risk of hyperinflation in Argentina and says new agreement with International Monetary Fund regarding multi-billion-dollar debt will further reduce possibility.

BLOOMBERG

JPMorgan expects inflation accelerated in September

06-10-2021 10:21 Prices in Argentina probably rose at a faster pace in September after slowing over the previous five months, economists expect.

EDITORIAL

The poverty of patronage

02-10-2021 07:47 The defeat of the Frente de Todos government snapped a cruel paradox prevailing all this century whereby rising poverty represented a vicious socio-economic cycle for the nation but a virtuous circle for populist politics.

POVERTY

Poverty in Argentina reached 40.6% in first half of 2021

01-10-2021 21:00 INDEC data shows extreme poverty in Argentina rose to 10.7% of population by end of June; Poverty rate down 1.4 percentage points from the second half of 2020.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Unemployment dropped to 9.6% in second quarter

24-09-2021 02:27 Among men, unemployment affected nine percent of the economically active population in the second quarter, with the figure rising to 10.4 percent for women.