News of price controls

Government extends food aid to four million kids under 14

09-05-2021 09:20 President Alberto Fernández says government will extend Tarjeta Alimentar food card scheme to four million children aged under 14, with poverty on rise among youngsters.

BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS

Argentina resorts to unorthodox tools to fight 40% inflation

17-03-2021 13:24 Argentina is once again turning to a combination of unconventional policy tools to curb inflation, which is expected to near 40 percent this year.

EDITORIAL

Menem: A man of his times – and ours

20-02-2021 06:08 Despite his passing, Carlos Menem’s spirit remains very much around, in both the current government and the country as a whole.

PRICE CONTROLS

Government to investigate food companies amid price clampdown

17-02-2021 14:28 Production & Development Ministry plans to investigate several food companies for not “increasing production to its highest level of installed capacity” and ensuring proper delivery.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC reveals inflation reached 36.1% in 2020

14-01-2021 19:44 Argentina registered cumulative inflation of 36.1% in 2020, with product prices rising fast in the final months of the year.

Food-purchase scandal

Government under fire for overpaying on food purchases

07-04-2020 17:12 Social Development Minister Daniel Arroyo asks official responsible for overpaying for foodstuffs to resign, amid fierce criticism from opposition.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

53.8%: Argentina posts the highest inflation rate in 28 years

15-01-2020 17:51 INDEC reveals prices last year increased by the highest rate since 1991, with inflation in December coming in at 3.7%.

ECONOMIC MEASURES

Kulfas praises businesses as government re-launches Precios Cuidados

08-01-2020 17:46 Government re-launches price-controls scheme with a list of 310 items, which includes "leading brand" products "at reasonable prices," according to officials.

News of price controls

Government extends food aid to four million kids under 14

Argentina resorts to unorthodox tools to fight 40% inflation

Menem: A man of his times – and ours

Government to investigate food companies amid price clampdown

INDEC reveals inflation reached 36.1% in 2020

Government under fire for overpaying on food purchases

53.8%: Argentina posts the highest inflation rate in 28 years

Kulfas praises businesses as government re-launches Precios Cuidados

Ex-model’s visits to presidential residence prompts legal complaint

Edenor irks creditors with bid to avoid early pay-off

Porno-politics and Argentina’s digital rumour mill

WTO: Argentina among top 15 countries with most import barriers

Government speeds up money printing ahead of election

Visitas a Olivos: Viviana Canosa lanzó un exabrupto contra Alberto Fernández y una advertencia para Fabiola Yáñez

Osvaldo Bazán y Pablo Duggan se cruzaron por las visitas a Olivos durante la cuarentena

Jorge Asís: "El peronismo va a ganar en la provincia de Buenos Aires"

Dejaron a San Juan sin un millón de Sputnik V y ahora la provincia quiere recuperar 18 millones de euros

Florencia Carignano sobre el cordobés que volvió de Perú con Covid-19: "Es una bomba epidemiológica"