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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 16:55 UTC

Tag: Indec

  • Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

    Indec says Argentina's inflation in October stood at 2.7%

    Inflation is a battle won, Caputo stressed

    Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) Tuesday announced that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) went up 2.7% in October, which represented a significant slowdown from previous months despite an interannual 193% increase and 107% in 2024 alone. October's inflation was the lowest figure in almost three years. In November 2021, it stood at 2.5%. September's inflation was 3.5%.

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  • Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 10:53 UTC

    Argentina's economy keeps falling, Indec report shows

    Despite overall negative results, Agriculture, Livestock, Hunting, and Forestry showed a 23.6% increase

    Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) Wednesday released a report showing that the economic activity in the South American country fell by 1.3% year-on-year in July.

  • Saturday, July 13th 2024 - 10:22 UTC

    Argentina tops list of LatAm countries with the highest inflation for the 9th straight month

    The CPI went up 4.6% while all the other countries recorded variations below one digit.

    Argentina was found to boast the dubious honor of topping the list of Latin American countries with the highest inflation for the ninth month in a row after Friday's release by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) of the latest report regarding June's figures. The CPI went up 4.6% while all the other countries recorded variations below one digit.

  • Friday, June 14th 2024 - 09:30 UTC

    Argentina's Indec says May's CPI reached 4.2%

    Minister Caputo celebrated what he deemed to be another achievement in curbing inflation

    Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) announced Thursday that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) had grown 4.2% in May, which was celebrated by the Libertarian administration of President Javier Milei as another sign of a slow victory over inflation despite the 71.9% recorded in the first five months of 2024 and the 276.4% yoy.

  • Tuesday, May 14th 2024 - 23:05 UTC

    Argentina: Inflation keeps decelerating in April

    Before April, monthly inflation had remained in double digits for five months in a row, Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census reported

    Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) Tuesday announced that April's Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood “at 8.8% in April 2024 compared to March and 289.4% year-on-year.” The government agency also noted in its X account that “they accumulated an increase of 65% in the first quarter.”

  • Thursday, May 2nd 2024 - 19:11 UTC

    Argentina: Drop in retail prices expected soon

    Caputo agreed with executives from the main supermarket chains that imported goods would help lower the retail prices

    In line with President Javier Milei's chainsaw politics to curb inflation, Argentine supermarkets expect a drop in retail prices shortly once imported items arrive to compete with local production as agreed upon with the Economy Ministry in March, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Friday, April 12th 2024 - 21:40 UTC

    Argentina: Inflation in March reaches 11%

    Friday's results somehow corroborated Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo's forecast

    According to a report released Friday in Buenos Aires by Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec), the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in March in the South American country went up 11% for an interannual total of 287.9%. The new figure represented a 2.2% decrease from February but a 51.6% growth in the first quarter of 2024.

  • Friday, January 12th 2024 - 10:34 UTC

    CPI goes up 25.5% in December in Argentina

    “We applied a much deeper adjustment plan than the one requested by the IMF,” Milei explained

    Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) Thursday said the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for December 2023 went up by 25.5% for an interannual total of 211.4%, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, August 16th 2023 - 11:48 UTC

    Argentina: July's inflation reported at 6.3%

    According to Indec, salaries in June narrowly beat inflation

    Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) announced Tuesday that the variation in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of July of 2023 was 6.3% for a total of 60.2% in the first seven months of the year and 113.4% interannually, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 10:42 UTC

    Census shows Argentina has a population of 46 million

    “The 2022 Census covered 98.6% of segments nationwide. At an international level this is an extremely good level,” Lavagna said

    Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) Tuesday published the results of the 2022 survey, which showed that the country has 46,044,703 inhabitants in 17,805,711 households nationwide. The study also found that 48.22% of the total population was male and 51.76% female.

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