News of inflation 2023

Inflation accelerated slightly to 4.6% in June, says INDEC

12-07-2024 16:23 Inflation rose slightly in June from previous month, by 0.4 points; Consumer prices rose 4.6% overall in June and have soared 271.5% in the last 12 months.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation hit 211% in 2023, fastest gain in three decades

11-01-2024 16:27 Argentina ended 2023 with the fastest inflation in more than three decades as President Javier Milei started to unwind a thicket of currency controls and price freezes imposed by the previous administration.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Milei kicks off government with 160.9% annual inflation rate

14-12-2023 00:41 Prices soared 12.8% in November, prior to the new president’s inauguration; Concerning increases for health, food and beverages, with dramatic post-devaluation uptick expected next month.

Living with inflation

A shirt for rice: bartering to survive in inflation-battered Argentina

15-11-2023 11:06 Faced with soaring prices as inflation bites away at purchasing power, ever-increasing numbers of Argentines are turning to bartering to make ends meet.

ELECTION 2023

Debt, inflation and the peso: Argentina's election worries

17-10-2023 12:27 As Argentines head to the polls on October 22 for a crucial presidential election, candidates have campaigned hard on proposed elixirs for the country's economic ills.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Carlos Melconian: ‘I believe that there is an opportunity because we have touched bottom’

14-10-2023 05:53 Famous for being the “king of metaphor,” Carlos Melconian will be Argentina’s next economy minister if Patricia Bullrich wins the upcoming election. In an extensive interview he explains his integral plan for putting Argentina back on its feet.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Gabriel Rubinstein: ‘A fiscal surplus, sustained over time, is the key to start solving inflation’

14-10-2023 05:49 Argentina’s Economic Policy Secretary Gabriel Rubinstein presents the case for the ruling coalition, argues that inflation is slowing from its post-PASO devaluation-led peak and highlights the importance of the consensus implicit in all the political parties involved in the electoral race.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

EDITORIAL

We’ve got the blues again

14-10-2023 05:20 Regardless of whether Milei is an economic terrorist or whether the government is the architect of its own destruction, the problems caused by the extreme volatility of this week’s four-digit dollar are all too real with panic price increases across the board.

Election 2023

Massa doubles down on ‘plan platita,’ preps new measures

21-09-2023 23:58 Reports say economy minister poised to announce sweeping measure for three million informal workers, as well as tax relief for self-employed shopkeepers, professionals and service providers.

ELECTION 2023

Adviser details ‘urgent’ economic measures Milei plans for Argentina

21-09-2023 14:48 Darío Epstein, a top economic adviser to the libertarian presidential candidate, questions latest measures announced by Economy Minister Sergio Massa and details Javier Milei’s plan for government.

EDITORIAL

Cheaper by the dozen?

16-09-2023 05:47 While there is more than one reading of Sergio Massa’s tax cuts, all lead to more inflation. If one side of political polarisation blames the fiscal deficit for rising prices and the other business greed, both are simplistic.