News of statistics

Unemployment dropped to 9.6% in second quarter

24-09-2021 02:27 Among men, unemployment affected nine percent of the economically active population in the second quarter, with the figure rising to 10.4 percent for women.

Global pandemic

Mexico Covid deaths 35% more than reported, says statistics agency

29-07-2021 22:19 Mexico recorded more than 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus in 2020 – 35% more than originally reported by the government, the national statistics institute said Thursday.

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Unemployment dropped slightly to 10.2% in first quarter

26-06-2021 00:11 GDP grew 2.6% from the previous quarter, higher than economists expectations of a 2.3% increase.

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GDP grew at fastest pace since 2018 in first quarter

23-06-2021 16:41 GDP grew 2.6% from the previous quarter, higher than economists expectations of a 2.3% increase. From a year ago, Argentina’s economy grew 2.6% in the first quarter of 2021, its fastest pace in three years.

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Economy unexpectedly shrank for second straight month in March

21-05-2021 01:40 Argentina’s economy shrank for the second straight month in March as accelerating inflation diminished wage gains.

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Argentina records highest inflation rate in 18 months: 4.8%

15-04-2021 17:35 Inflation in March reached 4.8% – the highest figure since September 2019. Prices have jumped 12.4% in first three months of year, 42.6% over last 12 months.

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Inflation in Argentina speeds up, prompting government crackdown

15-04-2021 09:44 Argentina’s inflation accelerated last month at the fastest pace since President Alberto Fernández took office in late 2019, experts believe, prompting the government to tighten its unorthodox controls over companies.

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Economic activity up 1.9% in January on previous month

30-03-2021 20:24 Economic activity fell 2% from January 2020, but rose 1.9% when compared to December last year the fastest pace in four months.

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Unemployment rose to 11% in the fourth quarter of 2020

25-03-2021 18:24 Argentina's unemployment rate rose to 11 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020, rising 2.1 percentage points from a year earlier.

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Official: Argentina's economy shrank 9.9% in 2020, confirms INDEC

23-03-2021 21:26 Economy shrank by 9.9% in 2020 year-on-year due to the coronavirus pandemic – its worst fall in almost 20 years.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina CPI-linked bonds fall on possible change to basket

09-03-2021 13:48 Argentina’s inflation-linked bonds fell Monday as the country’s statistics agency, INDEC, plans to modify the basket it uses to measure inflation.

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Inflation reached 3.8% in October, highest monthly rate of year

12-11-2020 17:05 Prices in Argentina have risen by 26.9% since turn of the year, reveals INDEC national statistics bureau.

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Unemployment in Argentina rises to 16-year high of 13.1%

23-09-2020 19:37 Joblessness rose to 13.1% in the second quarter of the year, INDEC reveals, revealed Wednesday, pushed higher by economic turmoil and the coronavirus pandemic.

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Argentina's GDP slumped 19.1% in second quarter of 2020

22-09-2020 17:30 INDEC says economy posted sharpest quarterly contraction in recent history, though still narrowly beating economists’ forecasts.

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Stark economic data underlines pandemic's impact on Argentina's economy

21-08-2020 14:02 Economic activity slumped 12.9% in the first half of 2020 year-on-year, INDEC reveals. Yet rebound is beginning amid coronavirus lockdown.

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Argentina's economy extends rebound from pandemic lows

21-08-2020 00:32 Economy continues to show early signs of recovery after a strict Covid-19 lockdown brought commerce to a dramatic halt.

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Unemployment rate dropped to 8.9% in last quarter of 2019

27-03-2020 00:01 Argentina's unemployment rate fell in the fourth quarter of 2019, the INDEC national statistics bureau revealed Thursday, adding that underemployment rose.

Gender violence

Femicide in Argentina every 23 hours in first two months of 2019

02-03-2020 12:26 In the first two months of 2020, 63 femicides occurred in Argentina. In 49% of them, the aggressor was in a relationship with the victim.