Browsing Tag

Argentina

Argentina reached a surplus of $620 million

Argentina recorded a financial surplus of $620 million last January, the result of a primary surplus and the payment of interest on the public debt, according to official sources. This positive result is the first since August 2012 and the…

IMF predicts a contraction in Latin America’s GDP

Argentina’s economic crisis, which will contract by 2.8% in 2024, has led the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to cut Latin America and the Caribbean’s growth forecast for this year by 0.4 percentage points, to 1.9%. This is indicated by…

Argentina closed 2023 with inflation of 211.4%

Argentina closed the year 2023 with year-on-year inflation of 211.4%, the highest figure since the period of hyperinflation in 1989-1990. This figure emerges from the first measurement carried out during the government of Javier Milei, who…

Javier Milei assumed the presidency of Argentina

In a ceremony held at the Congress headquarters in Buenos Aires, the ultra-liberal Javier Milei was sworn in as president of Argentina on Sunday. Amidst cheers of "Argentina, Argentina!", Milei and his new vice-president, Victoria…