Stories for September 19th 2002

Thursday, September 19th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Argentina expects 3% growth in 2003

Budget estimates for 2003 anticipate the Argentine economy will grow 3%, annual inflation should not surpass 45% while debt payments to multilateral financial organizations will be equivalent to 4 billion US dollars.

Thursday, September 19th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Investment retraction

Argentina and Brazil were the two countries most affected by the retraction of investments in Latinamerica which began in 2001 and extended into the first half of 2002.

Thursday, September 19th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

“Protest vote” set to reap 27%

According to an Argentine public opinion polling company, in the coming presidential elections a quarter of Argentine voters will reject all candidates to express their anger with a “protest vote”, either by voting blank or destroying the ballot.