News of rates

Lured by 38% rates, carry-trade investors pile into peso

29-01-2026 13:56 The carry trade – where investors borrow in dollars to buy the local currency – is in play.

Argentina boosts its scrutiny of repo loans as peso slides

26-08-2025 10:10 Argentine authorities step up scrutiny of investor activity in repo loans, short-term financial instruments that have seen interest rates touch record highs amid a liquidity crunch at banks.

BONDS & MARKETS

Argentina rolls over 61% in peso debt auction, yields soar

13-08-2025 20:00 Local debt auction falls short of market expectations as President Javier Milei’s administration rolls over just 61% of maturities in a key auction that analysts said may prompt a drop in the peso.

MONETARY POLICY

Central Bank cuts key rate to 29% as peso depreciation slows

30-01-2025 23:43 Central Bank cuts benchmark interest rate by 300 basis points to 29%.

CENTRAL BANK MANOUEVRES

Argentina takes steps to dollarise and holds key rate

17-01-2025 11:49 Argentina’s Central Bank said payment intermediaries will have to enable debit card transactions in US currency by February 28, marking a key step in President Javier Milei’s pledge to dollarise the economy.

INTEREST RATES

Central Bank lowers rate to 32% on price expectations

06-12-2024 00:10 Argentina’s Central Bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 300 basis points to 32 percent as inflation expectations fall.

POVERTY IN ARGENTINA

Extreme poverty soars to affect six million, study shows

12-11-2024 14:19 Destitution rates have grown much faster than poverty in recent years in Argentina. According to a study by the University of Buenos Aires based on government data, more than six million people were not meeting daily nutritional needs in the first quarter of the year.

by Agustina Bordigoni

MONETARY POLICY

Central Bank lowers benchmark rate to 35% from 40%

01-11-2024 12:46 Argentina’s Central Bank lowers benchmark interest rate for the first time in nearly six months.

TELECOM

Government removes price caps on cable, mobile phone and Internet rates

27-06-2024 16:49 Companies may now set uncapped increases, measure taken by ENACOM is effective immediately; Recent study showed that 67.5 percent of Argentine homes took steps to reduce the costs of telecommunications services.

MONETARY POLICY

Central Bank cuts interest rate for sixth time to 40% as inflation slows

14-05-2024 20:32 Argentina cut its benchmark interest rate Tuesday for a sixth time under President Javier Milei.

INTEREST RATES

Central Bank cuts rates to 50% as Milei wrestles inflation down

02-05-2024 14:04 Central Bank cuts key interest rate for the third time in three weeks as officials bet on a sustained slowdown in consumer prices.

INTEREST RATES CUT

Central Bank lowers key rate to 60%

25-04-2024 15:07 Policymakers at Argentina’s Central Bank lower interest rates to 60% from 70% as officials bet on a sustained slowdown of inflation.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Central Bank cuts interest rate to 70%, markets see inflation easing

12-04-2024 10:22 Argentina’s Central Bank cuts main interest rate to 70% from 80% – the third time since President Javier Milei took office.

UTILITY RATES

Bye subsidies, hello soaring prices: Sharp gas increases on way

27-03-2024 16:13 First update will be applied in April; the following between May and September and the last one from October to December. Strong impact on high income households, shops and industries.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Brazil economy grew 2.9% in 2023, says official data

01-03-2024 16:08 Brazil's economy expanded 2.9% in 2023 after a fourth quarter of zero growth, according to data released Friday by the IBGE national statistics agency.

News of rates

Lured by 38% rates, carry-trade investors pile into peso

Argentina boosts its scrutiny of repo loans as peso slides

Argentina rolls over 61% in peso debt auction, yields soar

Central Bank cuts key rate to 29% as peso depreciation slows

Argentina takes steps to dollarise and holds key rate

Central Bank lowers rate to 32% on price expectations

Extreme poverty soars to affect six million, study shows

Central Bank lowers benchmark rate to 35% from 40%

Government removes price caps on cable, mobile phone and Internet rates

Central Bank cuts interest rate for sixth time to 40% as inflation slows

Central Bank cuts rates to 50% as Milei wrestles inflation down

Central Bank lowers key rate to 60%

Central Bank cuts interest rate to 70%, markets see inflation easing

Bye subsidies, hello soaring prices: Sharp gas increases on way

Brazil economy grew 2.9% in 2023, says official data

Dealing with taxes and eliminating the PASO primaries – Milei’s agenda for coming months

‘All crimes in Buenos Aires have fallen,’ says City Mayor Macri

Iran denies missile, nuclear claims after Trump alleges 'sinister ambitions' in key speech

Argentine and Brazilian writers among finalists for International Booker Prize

Government may move human rights office from ex-ESMA on eve of 50th coup anniversary

Maslatón: "El gobierno va a tener que pensar en una pronta solución, o le pegará como en el 2001 de De la Rúa"

Bridgerton 4: el ranking salarial de los actores que generó polémica a tres días del estreno de la segunda parte

El golpe de Victoria Villarruel

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El beso entre Carolina Losada y Luis Naidenoff en el Senado tras la designación de auditores de la AGN