Economy

• Tuesday, October 12th 2021 - 09:19 UTC

  Argentine government slaps more controls on corn exports

  

  Argentina's Agriculture Minister has decided to up the number of requirements and restrictions on corn exports after the sector reached the exportable balance of 38.5 million tons, it was reported.

• Tuesday, October 12th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Bolsonaro claims he's not a denialist of COVID-19

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Monday objected to being labelled a “denier” as a consequence of his approach at the COVID-19 pandemic, which has officially killed over 600,000 people in South America's largest country.

• Monday, October 11th 2021 - 19:39 UTC

  Argentine keeps negotiating with IMF despite rejection to cutting down surcharges

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has turned down a request from the Argentine Government to discuss a reduction in surcharges, it was announced Monday.

• Monday, October 11th 2021 - 19:16 UTC

  Nobel Economic 2021 Prize goes to US-based trio

  

  David Card, Joshua D Angrist, and Guido W. Imbens have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics Monday for their research “drawing conclusions from unexpected experiments” applied to labor market analysis.

• Monday, October 11th 2021 - 09:52 UTC

  Argentine FM hold a successful meeting with Brazil's Economy Minister as part of his mission rebuilding Mercosur ties

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero, Ambassador Daniel Scioli and Productive Development Minister Matías Kulfas Saturday met in Brasilia with Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes to deepen the new economic ties between the two countries

• Monday, October 11th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Fragments of Argentine aircraft downed in Falklands donated to museum

  

  British soldier David Richardson, who found the fragments of a downed Argentine Air Force Dagger downed by a British Harrier during the 1982 Falklands War, has donated the items to be exhibited at a museum in the province of Córdoba, Argentine ambassador to the United Kingdom, Javier Figueroa announced.

• Monday, October 11th 2021 - 09:22 UTC

  Argentina replaces domestic trade secretary in a move to curb inflation

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Saturday reassigned Domestic Trade Secretary Paula Español to other duties within the Interior Ministry and chose former National Deputy Roberto Feletti to replace her, it was announced.

• Monday, October 11th 2021 - 07:37 UTC

  UK eyes Gulf countries for FTA following Brexit

  

  After leaving the European Union, the United Kingdom is out looking for new business associates and countries in the Persian Gulf seem to be the answer.

• Sunday, October 10th 2021 - 19:30 UTC

  World food prices rose 1,2% in September and 32,8% year to year, FAO

  

  World food commodity prices rose in September, led by tightening supply conditions and robust demand for staples such as wheat and palm oil, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported. FAO's Food Price Index averaged 130.0 points in September, up 1.2% from August and 32.8% higher than in September 2020. The index tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly traded food commodities.

• Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 22:03 UTC

  Beef produceres agree with Argentine gov't to keep popular cuts at affordable prices

  

  The administration of Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday reached an agreement with meat producers to keep the retail price of “popular cuts” unchanged.