Tag: Indec

• Saturday, July 9th 2011 - 07:35 UTC

  Argentina files criminal charges against consulting firm for publishing inflation data

  

  Argentina's government has filed criminal charges against the managers of an economic consulting firm, escalating its persecution of independent economists. A federal court official said Friday that a judge is evaluating the charges but has yet to decide if it is appropriate to begin investigating them.

• Saturday, June 25th 2011 - 07:54 UTC

  Argentina’s economic activity soars 9.1% in first four months, says Indec

  

  Argentina’s economic activity level increased 9.1% in the first four months of the year compared to the same period of 2010 fuelled by domestic consumption, manufacturing and international trade, according to the country’s Statistics and Census Office, Indec.

• Friday, June 24th 2011 - 19:08 UTC

  Argentina’s trade surplus in May rose 29%; imports soared 39%

  

  Argentina's trade surplus in May rose 29% from the previous month, thanks to high prices for the country's exports of grains and manufactured goods, the national statistics agency said Thursday.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 23:35 UTC

  Argentina’s official May ‘fantasy’ inflation 0.7%; private consultants, 1.5%

  

  Inflation in Argentina reached 0.7% in May compared to the volume reported in the previous month, the Indec national statistics bureau announced on Wednesday. The official rate is less than half what was presented on Tuesday by opposition lawmakers, which they assured reached 1.5% and 23% in the last twelve months.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 01:45 UTC

  Argentine opposition says May inflation was 1.5% and 23.5% in last 12 months

  

  Argentine opposition lawmakers reported Tuesday that the inflation rate reached 1.5% in May, according to the estimates provided by eight “censored” economic consultants. They added it was their duty to inform about data which “the government tries to hide from public opinion”.

• Saturday, May 21st 2011 - 09:59 UTC

  Argentina posts strong primary surplus pushed by economic growth and inflation

  

  Argentina posted a primary budget surplus 1.97 billion Pesos (455 million US dollars) in April, up 4.8% from the 1.88 billion Peso surplus a year earlier, the government said on Thursday.

• Saturday, May 21st 2011 - 09:19 UTC

  Argentina April industrial production grows 8% over a year ago

  

  Argentina's industrial production rose a seasonally adjusted 8% on the year in April, led by an expansion in automobile, metals and chemical output. Manufacturing increased 0.5% in seasonally adjusted terms from March, the national statistics agency, Indec, reported Friday.

• Friday, April 29th 2011 - 21:50 UTC

  Argentina’s construction activity up 4% in March in spite of eight holidays

  

  Argentina's construction activity was up 4% in March from the same month a year ago, the smallest increase in at least 15 months. In comparison, construction activity in March 2010 was up 12.8% on the year.

• Thursday, April 21st 2011 - 06:50 UTC

  Argentina industrial production up 8.8% in March over a year ago, says Indec

  

  Argentina's industrial production expanded strongly in March over a year ago, 8.8%, as the consumer boom continues to fuel demand for everything from cars to home appliances. However monthly output slowed to a standstill and was unchanged from February, according to the national statistics institute, Indec release on Wednesday.

• Thursday, April 21st 2011 - 06:35 UTC

  Argentine official statistics show poverty is down 9.9% in second half of 2010

  

  Argentina’s National Statistics Agency, Indec, announced Wednesday that poverty levels lowered in the second half of 2010, with 527,000 households below the poverty line (6.8%), which include a total of 2,475,000 people (9,9%).