In January, Buenos Aires City’s inflation rate was 21.7%.

Buenos Aires City’s inflation increased to 21.7% last month due to increases in food, fuel, and transportation costs, according to City Hall. According to January data from City Hall’s Statistics and Census Directorate, consumer prices have increased by 238.5 percent in the previous year. According to the government agency’s data, inflation picked up steam last … Read more

President Javier Milei

Milei wins IMF approval for US$4.7-billion Argentina disbursement

The International Monetary Fund’s executive board has approved a US$4.7-billion disbursement to the government of Argentine President Javier Milei, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The payments are part of a refinanced US$44-billion programme, the lender’s largest, that was beset by uncertainty for months during the election campaign that saw Milei … Read more

Argentina Peso

Argentina to swap peso debt to ease US$35-billion default fear

Argentina will give investors the chance to exchange holdings of local debt into new bonds in a bid to ease fears of a default on the government’s US$35 billion of local debt coming due in the second quarter. Economy Minister Sergio Massa said the government would offer investors two swap options to exchange local bonds … Read more