Tag: Indec index

• Tuesday, July 30th 2013 - 03:03 UTC

  Eclac joins the club of Argentine government official stats disbelievers and says inflation is 20.5%

  

  Following on the steps of the IMF (and World Bank) which has strongly questioned Argentine official stats (mainly inflation and GDP growth), the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Eclac, also joined the club of disbelievers since in its last report on the regional economy appealed to other stats’ sources.

• Tuesday, July 30th 2013 - 02:48 UTC

  Argentine auto-manufacturing boosts June and half year industrial production stats

  

  Boosted by auto and metal-mechanic manufacturing industrial production in Argentina during June increased 3.8% compared to the same month a year ago, according to the latest release from Indec. Since April and May were also positive this means that the second quarter was up 3.5% over a year ago.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2013 - 07:12 UTC

  Argentina trade surplus up 26.9% in June as grains and oilseed exports get moving

  

  Argentina's June trade surplus grew by 26.9% to 1.16 billion dollars from 910 million in the same month last year, but the six month period was down 26%, the government's national statistics institute Indec said on Tuesday.

• Saturday, July 20th 2013 - 06:11 UTC

  Argentina’s economic activity picks up 7.8% in May and 4.1% in first five months

  

  Argentina's economic activity jumped 7.8% in May from a year earlier, according to the country’s questioned stats office, Indec. President Cristina Fernandez had anticipated the news earlier in the week in a televised speech.

• Friday, July 12th 2013 - 08:13 UTC

  Argentina: private estimates’ June inflation reached 1.93% and 23.78% in twelve months

  

  Argentina’s June inflation according to the ‘congressional index’ was 1.93%, and 23.78% in the last twelve months, it was announced on Thursday by the opposition members from the Lower House Freedom of Speech committee.

• Monday, July 8th 2013 - 07:06 UTC

  Teamsters bring Argentina to a stop and challenge fiscal policy and income tax

  

  Argentina’s teamsters union headed by the powerful leader Hugo Moyano, a former ally of the government and currently one of her most aggressive adversaries, has declared a national strike on Monday which in practical terms means the country is in full campaign ahead of the mid term October election when President Cristina Fernandez will try by all means to retain control over Congress.

• Monday, July 8th 2013 - 06:46 UTC

  Over a third of Argentine population in poverty conditions says food and nutrition report

  

  At least 17.8% of the Argentine population lives in indigence conditions, taking as reference a ‘Healthy Food Basket’ which estimates family monthly needs in 3.700 Pesos which is more that five times the official stats office Indec reference sum of 730 Pesos.

• Tuesday, May 28th 2013 - 06:38 UTC

  Lawmakers accuse Cristina Fernandez before a federal court of falsifying stats

  

  Several Argentine lawmakers from opposition parties accused President Cristina Fernandez and Domestic Trade minister Guillermo Moreno of allegedly ‘falsifying” the figures published by the government’s official stats office Indec.

• Friday, May 24th 2013 - 06:51 UTC

  Argentina’s trade surplus shrank 38% in April as imports soar 32%

  

  Argentina's trade surplus shrank 38% in April from a year earlier to 1.15bn, revealed the national statistics institute Indec, indicating the government has significantly loosened restrictions on imports. A year ago the surplus was 1.85bn dollars.

• Saturday, May 18th 2013 - 06:29 UTC

  Economic activity in Argentina expanded 2.6% during March, says Indec

  

  Argentina's economic activity expanded 2.6% in March from a year earlier and 0.7% over February, the national statistics institute Indec said on Friday. Accumulated growth in the 12 months through March was 1.3%, down from 1.9% in full-year 2012.