BANKING & FINANCE Milei clashes with top banks amid Argentina’s liquidity squeeze 20-08-2025 08:35 Liquidity measures have stoked tensions between the government and the country’s banks; Discontent became evident during a meeting.
JOBS & EMPLOYMENT Economic pick-up fails to filter through to job market 23-06-2025 15:43 Improved economic activity has reversed last year's shrinkage but the improvement has yet to seep through to the labour market – in March the private sector shed over 7,000 jobs with numbers of self-employed simultaneously on the rise. by Martín Fernández Nadale
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT Milei has cut 48,000 public-sector jobs since taking office 28-05-2025 10:18 President’s chainsaw slashes public-sector employment; Staff numbers have fallen 9.6% over the last 17 months, says Argentina’s government.
WAR ON THE STATE Milei’s ‘chainsaw’ cut nearly 35,000 public-sector jobs in 2024 21-12-2024 05:07 Report by the Deregulation & State Transformation Ministry, headed by Milei ally Federico Sturzenegger, details 34,280 dismissals or contract terminations between December 2023 and October 2024, shrinking the state payroll by seven percent.
STRIKE HITS AVIATION SECTOR Anti-Milei strike leads to mass flight cancellations 24-01-2024 09:45 State airline Aerolíneas Argentinas forced to cancel more than 260 flights due to CGT’s anti-Milei walkout; Low-cost carriers JetSmart cancels all business for the day, while FlyBondi moves operations to Ezeiza; More than 20,000 travellers affected.
Bloomberg Billionaire Paolo Rocca has a Plan B for lithium if alpha bid fails 11-10-2023 08:10 Billionaire Paolo Rocca’s oil drilling unit will enter the lithium business one way or another.
BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE Ex-Soros partner surfs Argentine crisis with real-estate empire 03-10-2023 12:43 Eduardo Elsztain avoided speculative investments in stocks, bonds and derivatives as he built up his empire over the last 30 years. Now his real-estate company IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones is booming, even as Argentina enters recession.
Bloomberg Argentina seeks to tax lithium boom to avoid region’s resource curse 02-10-2023 11:57 Provincial and federal officials want to tap the profits of lithium companies with an annual tax that would be put toward building infrastructure.
Lithium in Argentina Lithium boom in Argentina hinges on politics, Zijin unit says 27-09-2023 19:05 Hurdles to lithium development in neighbouring Chile and Bolivia have opened the door for Argentina, says top industry official
'Plan platita' Government boosts election spending, risking even more inflation 26-09-2023 23:51 Informal jobs make up nearly half of Argentina’s labour market, depending on the degree of formality that’s considered.
'plan platita' reloaded Massa targets three million voters with informal worker bonus 26-09-2023 23:44 Hours before electoral ban comes into effect, ruling coalition presidential candidate Sergio Massa makes one last ‘plan platita’ play; Economy minister targets between two and three million voters in informal sector with post-devaluation payments.