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Argentina's annual inflation soared to 211.4% in 2023, the highest rate in 32 years, according to figures released Thursday by the government’s INDEC statistics agency. The data reflects the ...
Argentina's annual inflation could hit 100.3% this year, according to an analysts survey published by the country's central bank on Thursday, jumping 5.3 percentage points from the previous estimate.
Argentina's 2023 annual inflation was the highest in the world at 211.4%. [42] In January 2024, Argentina’s poverty rate reached 57.4%, the highest poverty rate in the country since 2004. [43] Because of Milei's policies, the monthly inflation rate dropped to 2.4% in December 2024, marking an end to Argentina's period of hyperinflation. [44]
In Argentina, a country with a chronic inflation problem, the interest rate was hiked to 69.5% in August, as inflation has further deteriorated hitting a 20-year high at 70%, and is forecasted to top 90% by the end of the year. [197] Inflation hit past 100% in February 2023 for the first time since 1991.
Argentina's retail sales in the first quarter of 2024 fell nearly 20% compared to the year before, a clip comparable to that of the 2020 pandemic lockdowns. The consumption of beef — an Argentine classic — dropped to its lowest level in three decades this quarter, the government reported, prompting panicked editorials about a crisis in ...
Argentina's consumer price index rose 4.6% in June, slightly up from the rate of 4.2% in May, ending a five-month trend of cooling inflation that experts had attributed to a deepening recession ...
The inflation in Argentina rose heights of 250% in December 2023, whilst the annual percent change in GDP growth has fallen to -2.8%. [21] To avoid further economic troubles, Milei and the IMF struck a deal that would allow for US$44 billion dollars of funds to go the country. This deal helps keep the Argentina government solvent, but it will ...
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina's monthly inflation rate slowed down more than expected to come in at 13.2% in February, a boost for libertarian President Javier Milei who is pushing tough ...