Tag: Argentina gross domestic product (GDP)

• Saturday, January 20th 2018 - 09:21 UTC

  Argentina posted a primary fiscal deficit of 3.9% of GDP during 2017

  

  Argentina posted a primary fiscal deficit worth 3.9% of GDP in 2017, below its 4.2% goal and the 4.6% figure posted in 2016, Treasury Minister Nicolas Dujovne told reporters. He said the government’s 2018 target for a primary fiscal deficit remained at 3.2% of GDP, with targets of deficits worth 0.6% in the first quarter, 1.6% in the second quarter and 2.2% in the third quarter.

• Saturday, January 20th 2018 - 09:15 UTC

  Argentina's GDP expanded 2.9% in 2017, bouncing from a 2.2% retraction in 2016

  

  Argentina’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 2.9% in 2017, and grew 0.7% in the fourth quarter from the third quarter, a Treasury Ministry source said on Friday, bouncing back from a 2.2% contraction the prior year.