Tag: Indec

• Saturday, October 20th 2012 - 06:02 UTC

  Argentina’s 12-month inflation expectations yield slightly to 27%, says UTDT

  

  Argentina's 12-month inflation expectations slid in October for the first time in eight months, according to the median estimate in a survey published by the Torcuato Di Tella University, UTDT.

• Monday, October 15th 2012 - 18:54 UTC

  “Angry Indec” video game to make Argentine more furious about prices

  

  An Argentine video game allows players to compare the prices used by the National Statistics and Census Institute, Indec, to measure inflation with those consumers say they pay, a pastime that has caused angry reactions among players when they see the gap.

• Saturday, October 13th 2012 - 08:24 UTC

  Argentine official inflation in September 0.9%, less than half private estimates

  

  Official inflation in Argentina reached 0.9% in September against August, accumulating 7.8% in the first nine months of this year and 10% in the year, according to the Indec national statistics bureau.

• Friday, October 12th 2012 - 06:06 UTC

  Argentina inflation in nine months of 2012 reached 18%, says “Congress index”

  

  Argentine opposition lawmakers presented on Thursday September’s ‘Congress inflation index’ based in the analysis of nine private agencies, which showed a 1.93% increase against the previous month and 18% in the first nine months of 2012.

• Tuesday, September 25th 2012 - 08:11 UTC

  At least 21.9% of Argentines poor, according to the Catholic University

  

  Poverty in Argentina is at least three times the official figure presented by the controversial government stats office, Indec, if the criteria and methodology applied by the Argentine Catholic University Social Debt Barometer are taken into account.

• Monday, September 24th 2012 - 22:50 UTC

  IMF warns Argentina on stats: next time (December 17) it’s a red card

  

  IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned Argentina on Monday that the multilateral lender is willing to show it a red card if by December the government of Cristina Fernández does not meet its promises of providing reliable inflation and GDP statistics, during a conference at the Peterson Institute in Washington DC.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2012 - 02:28 UTC

  Argentine economy growth flat in second quarter; full year estimate revised down to 3.4%

  

  The Argentine economy remained flat in the second quarter of the year compared to the same time period of 2011, the poorest performance in three years, according to the national statistics office Indec.

• Friday, September 21st 2012 - 06:13 UTC

  Argentine industrial production and outlook stable in August

  

  Argentina’s industrial output fell 0.8% last August when compared to the same month last year, according to the country’s stats office Indec. However it improved 0.7% when compared to July but dropped 1.2%, points out Indec Monthly Industrial Estimate

• Wednesday, September 19th 2012 - 05:20 UTC

  Argentina inflation expectations 30% and 20 percentage points above official index

  

  Argentina's 12-month inflation expectations held steady for a seventh consecutive month at 30% in September, according to the median estimate in a survey published by the Torcuato Di Tella University, UTDT. However after three steady months expectations eased with the average response sliding to 34.9% from 39.8% in August.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 09:27 UTC

  Moody’s changes Argentina rating outlook to negative from stable

  

  Moody's Investors Service has changed the rating outlook on Argentina to negative from stable, citing haphazard economic policy decisions coupled with increasing questions about the reliability of official statistics.