Tag: Inflation

• Wednesday, September 15th 2021 - 09:13 UTC

  Argentina's August inflation set at 2.5% by Indec

  

  Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI-Cost of Living) rose 2.5% during August and fell below 3% in July, according to a report from the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) released Tuesday.

• Saturday, September 4th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Uruguay's inflation for August above government targets

  

  Uruguay's National Statistics Institute (INE) Friday issued its monthly report according to which the country's Consumer Price Index (CPI) for August 2021 showed a 0.85% increase.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2021 - 09:24 UTC

  Inflation-15 in Brazil reached a twelve-month 9,30% in August

  

  The anticipated inflation for the eighth month of the year in Brazil, which measures the second half of July and the first half of August, reached 0,89% according to the official stats office IBGE and is the highest since August 2002.

• Monday, August 30th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  Pandemic, unemployment and inflation increasing Brazilian families debts

  

  The percentage of Brazilian indebted families reached 72,9% in August, considered a new record and a direct consequence of the economic hardships because of the pandemic, unemployment and inflation, according to a release from the National Confederation of Retail, Services and Tourism, CNC.

• Monday, July 19th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Chile increases basic interest rate to 0,75%, working on a two year horizon

  

  Chilean Central Bank board members decided unanimously to increase the reference inter-bank interest rate some 25 base points to 0.75%, which represents the first rise in over two and a half years, given the improved economic prospects since the pandemic was triggered.

• Monday, July 12th 2021 - 08:23 UTC

  Brazil: São Paulo's elderly unable to cope with inflation, study shows

  

  More than 50% of São Paulo's senior citizens interviewed during a survey have admitted they could not make ends meet.

• Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguay's yearly inflation set at 7.33% after Monday's figures

  

  Uruguay's yearly Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 7.33% as per data released Monday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), slightly above the government's target.

• Friday, June 18th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Interest rates in Brazil need to stay high to contain 2022 inflation, former minister says

  

  Former Brazilian Finance Minister Maílson da Nóbrega (Jan. 6 1988 - March 18, 1990) under President José Sarney has pointed out that the country needs to keep interest rates at a high level at least until the Selic rate reaches 6.5% per year.

• Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  May's inflation in Argentina was 3.3%: What will happen after the elections?

  

  Argentina's inflation in May was 3.3% for a year-on-year accumulation of 48.8%, the highest mark since March 2020, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC)

• Saturday, May 29th 2021 - 09:16 UTC

  Paraguay's Central Bank keeps interest rates at 0.75%; eyes 4% yearly inflation

  

  After a study through which it was determined that international factors remained favourable. Paraguay's Central Bank (BCP) Friday announced that its Monetary Policy Committee (CPM) unanimously decided to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 0.75% annually.