News of indicators

Hit by Covid-19 lockdown, exports fell 11% in the first half of year

28-07-2020 22:23 In the first six months of 2020, exports reached US$27.388 billion, reveals INDEC national statistics bureau.

PRE-PANDEMIC

Economic activity contracted by 2.2% in February, says INDEC

28-04-2020 18:34 National statistics bureau reveals economy contracted by 2% in first two months of 2020, prior to the coronavirus-induced shutdown in economic activity.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Unemployment rate dropped to 8.9% in last quarter of 2019

27-03-2020 00:01 Argentina's unemployment rate fell in the fourth quarter of 2019, the INDEC national statistics bureau revealed Thursday, adding that underemployment rose.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina's shrank 2.1% in 2019, reports INDEC

21-02-2020 18:00 Argentina's recession-hit economy shrank by 2.1 percent in 2019, the INDEC national statistics bureau announced Friday.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation slowed in January to 2.3%, reveals INDEC

13-02-2020 16:36 Lowest monthly rate recorded since July 2019, which prices increased by 2.2%. Since January 2019, prices in Argentina have increased by 52.9%, reveals bureau.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina's economy shrank by 0.9% in October, says INDEC

23-12-2019 17:40 Economy contracted by 2.3% in first 10 months of 2019, data from national statistics bureau shows.

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.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Unemployment rose to 10.6% in second quarter

19-09-2019 19:05 Around 2.5 million people now out of work. INDEC also reveals economic activity recorded a slight recovery of 0.6% in the second quarter.