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Argentina's inflation slowed to 2.7% in October, the lowest level in three years in a win for the libertarian government of President Javier Milei who came to power almost a year ago promising to ...
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.
Since the late 2010s, prolonged inflation remained a constant problem of economy of Argentina, with an annual rate of 25% in 2017, second only to Venezuela in South America and the highest in the G20. On December 28, the Central Bank of Argentina together with the Treasury announced a change of the inflation target. [11]
Annual inflation increased to 8.3% in August 2022, in part due to rising grocery prices. [154] In September, the Fed increased the interest for a fifth time in the year reaching a 14-year high. [155] In November 2022, the year-over-year inflation rate was 7.1%, the lowest it has been since December 2021 but still much higher than average. [156]
Still, annual inflation is predicted to top a whopping 100% by the end of the year, one of the highest rates around the globe, as the grains-producing South American nation faces a wide array of ...
A 7-point underestimate in inflation could save the Central Bank of Argentina US$3 billion in inflation-indexed interest payments, while higher economic growth would cost added interest on bonds tied to GDP; hence, there is a short-run financial benefit to the government from a discrepancy between the two inflation readings in the table. [23]
On an annual basis, inflation in October was 193% compared to 209% reported in September. Milei has trumpeted falling prices in recent months as a victory in his fight against Argentina’s worst economic crisis in over two decades. The government has promised to reduce inflation below 3% before the end of the year, something it finally did.
Argentina's monthly inflation rate likely dipped back into single digits for the first time in half a year in April, analysts polled by Reuters estimated, amid a gradual slowdown in price rises as ...