News of rates

Historically high suicide rates cause alarm in Argentina

19-09-2026 07:43 Bereaved relatives and mental health specialists are trying to start a conversation about suicide in Argentina as more people than ever are choosing to end their own lives.

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Interest rates collapse in Argentina with Milei stockpiling dollars

19-03-2026 14:02 President Javier Milei’s willingness to let interest rates sink — rather than hatch some plan to offset those transactions — has caught the attention of investors and analysts.

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

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.

ECONOMIC POLICY

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.

News of rates

Historically high suicide rates cause alarm in Argentina

Interest rates collapse in Argentina with Milei stockpiling dollars

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%

Milei presses Malvinas claim, slams 'useless' United Nations 'parasites' in speech

OECD cuts Argentina's 2026 growth forecast to 2.6%

US-led coalition targets 24 criminal groups as Trump praises Milei

Expert disputes account of Maradona's final hours during testimony

Scaloni 2028: Chiqui Tapia's plan to safeguard Argentina national team project

Milei, Kicillof, Villarruel y Hadad: una encuesta midió qué emociones despierta cada dirigente

Passerini confirmó que el Registro Civil se trasladará al edificio de Correo Argentino en el centro cordobés

Acuerdo histórico con Estados Unidos: Washington invertirá USD 7.000 millones para el "Corredor Andes-Atlántico"

"Tiene que haber otro Barrelier para que reaccionen": denuncian que frenan el proyecto para controlar antecedentes en la Municipalidad

La segunda tanda de aviones de caza F-16 despegó hacia Argentina tras la oficialización del Ministerio de Defensa