Tag: Inflation

• Thursday, March 13th 2014 - 08:14 UTC

  Argentina's February inflation 4.3%, according to the Congressional index

  

  Argentina's inflation during February reached 4.3%, according to the so called Congressional index, which is an average of private consultants and is released monthly by the opposition members from Lower House Freedom of Speech committee. This means inflation in the last twelve months in Argentina reached 34.8%.

• Friday, December 27th 2013 - 04:52 UTC

  Inflation in Argentine provinces expected to reach over 30% at the end of 2013

  

  Consumer prices in the Argentine province of San Luis climbed 2.9% in November over October, 27.8% over December 2012 and 29.3% in the last twelve months, according to the provincial stats office. San Luis is ruled by dissidents from the ruling Peronist coalition headed by President Cristina Fernandez.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2013 - 16:24 UTC

  Argentine consumers expect Inflation in the next twelve months to average 31.3%

  

  Expected inflation in Argentina for the next twelve months is on average 31.3% according to the monthly survey from the Torcuato Di Tella University, UTDT. However the monthly expectation dropped 1.6 percentage points compared to September in all regions of Argentina.

• Thursday, August 15th 2013 - 03:37 UTC

  Argentina July inflation 2.55% and 24.9% in twelve months, says congressional index

  

  Argentina’s inflation according to the ‘congressional index’ reached 2.55% in July and 24.9% in the last twelve months was announced on Wednesday by members from the opposition in the Lower House.

• Wednesday, February 20th 2013 - 06:01 UTC

  Dissident labour unions challenge Argentine government anti-inflation and salaries policies

  

  A major labour dispute is turning into an ugly conflict with the main Argentine dissident labour union challenging the government of President Cristina Fernandez and her latest policy of freezing supermarket prices for two months in a bold attempt to contain inflation.

• Thursday, February 7th 2013 - 19:32 UTC

  Bank of England next governor favours “flexible inflation targeting”

  

  Bank of England has chosen not to inject any more money into the economy, leaving its quantitative easing (QE) programme at £375bn. The Bank also left interest rates unchanged at 0.5%.

• Wednesday, November 21st 2012 - 20:51 UTC

  Argentina with the world’s fourth highest inflation, says private bank

  

  Argentina is the country with the world’s fourth highest inflation, behind Sudan, South Sudan and Byelorussia, according to a report from a leading Argentine bank from the City of Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 23:02 UTC

  Uruguay concerned with Argentine economy growing misbalances

  

  Uruguay’s Economy minister Fernando Lorenzo expressed concern about the deteriorating indicators from the Argentine economy which could have a negative impact on the country’s activity.

• Saturday, June 9th 2012 - 00:37 UTC

  Argentina rapidly becoming too expensive for foreign tourists

  

  Argentina is rapidly becoming an expensive country for tourists and evidence of this is the declining number of tourists arriving in the country in the first months of the year while the number of Argentine travelling overseas is soaring, according to Mario Lielman, chair of the Buenos Aires Tourism and Travel Agencies Association.

• Monday, March 26th 2012 - 08:59 UTC

  Printing money does not lead to inflation, argues Argentine central bank president

  

  The president of Argentina’s Central Bank (BCRA), Mercedes Marcó del Pont, stressed the importance of the recently approved bank’s charter reform and denied that printing currency leads to the creation of an inflationary state “since inflation is rooted in other causes”.