Tag: Indec index

• Friday, July 18th 2014 - 13:28 UTC

  Over 30% of Argentine children live in households below the poverty line

  

  Four out of ten people in Argentina live in households where children suffer poverty conditions, according to the latest release from the Argentine Catholic University (UCA) Social Debt Barometer.

• Thursday, July 17th 2014 - 06:36 UTC

  Argentine Congressional index inflation: 2.2% in June and 39.9% in six months

  

  Inflation in Argentina during the month of June reached 2.2% accumulating 39.9% in the first half of the year, according to the average of private consultants, which is also identified as the Congressional index. The announcement comes a few hours after the official rate from the Indec stats office was released, 1.3% and 15%.

• Wednesday, July 16th 2014 - 08:00 UTC

  June inflation in Argentina reached 1.3% and 15% in the first half of 2014

  

  June inflation in Argentina reached 1.3%, accumulating 15% in the first six months of the year, according to a release from the country’s stats office Indec. The release also revealed the wholesale prices had increased 1.5% in June, while locally-made products saw rises of 1.5%.

• Tuesday, June 24th 2014 - 04:26 UTC

  Argentine economy contracts 0.2% in first quarter; 2013 growth down to 2.9%

  

  Argentina's economy contracted during the first quarter of the year as high inflation and weak exports to top trade partner Brazil took a toll. During the first three months of the year, GDP fell by 0.2% on the year and contracted 0.8% on the quarter, the national statistics agency Indec reported Monday.

• Monday, June 16th 2014 - 00:35 UTC

  Argentina's inflation index in May, 1.4% and 13.5% in five months

  

  Argentina's consumer price index revealed an inflation rate of 1.4% for May, down from 1.8% in the previous month announced on Friday Economy Minister Axel Kicillof at a press conference held at the Ministry in Buenos Aires. In the first five months of the year inflation stands at 13.5%.

• Saturday, June 7th 2014 - 04:48 UTC

  IMF welcomes Argentina's implementation of actions on CPI and GDP indexes

  

  The International Monetary Fund (FMI) welcomed on Friday “all the specified actions,” taken by Argentine President Cristina Fernández administration, to improve Consumer prices and Gross Domestic Product indexes under INDEC National Statistics Bureau orbit.

• Thursday, May 29th 2014 - 06:07 UTC

  Buenos Aires City households need 1.300 dollars per month; 25% don't make that sum

  

  A family living in Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires needs 10.454 Pesos to make it to the end of the month, according to the city's stats and census office. The average household refers to a couple with two children, that pays rent and does not include transport, private education or health care.

• Friday, May 23rd 2014 - 10:17 UTC

  IMF to check Argentine new stats on inflation and GDP next month

  

  The International Monetary Fund board has already received a first analytical report on Argentina latest statistics and will address the issue in its next meeting scheduled for 6 June, according to IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice in Washington.

• Friday, May 16th 2014 - 10:06 UTC

  Argentina's April inflation for the Congressional index reached 2.8%

  

  Argentina's inflation congressional index marked 2.8% in April, or 15.78% in the first four months of the year and 39% in the last twelve. These percentages contrast with the official data from the Indec stats office which earlier this week said the April CPI was 1.8%.

• Wednesday, May 14th 2014 - 00:24 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez ally union admits 18.8% (7 million) of Argentines are under the poverty line

  

  At least 7 million Argentines, or 18.8% of the population, currently find themselves under the poverty line, with 1.7 million (4.2%) classed as in extreme poverty or indigence, according to a new report from the Argentine Workers' Central (CTA) union headed by the Cristina Fernandez government ally Hugo Yasky.