Argentina’s economic activity declined by 1.4% in July relative to the same month the previous year, according to data released by the country’s official national statistics agency on Thursday. The decline for Latin America’s third-largest economy fell short of the 1.8% growth anticipated by analysts and represented a drop from the 2.7% increase noted in … Read more
Argentina now has the best terms of trade in its history because of the increase in the price of mining, oil, and agricultural commodities. This indicates that the ratio of export to import prices in Argentina has achieved a historic peak. The issue at hand is that the expansion observed in the primary sectors is … Read more
In August, inflation in Argentina fell to 1.7%, according to the report released on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses. This figure indicates a deceleration from the 2.1% noted in July. It marks the second occurrence in 2026 where the inflation rate has fallen beneath the 2% threshold. It signifies the lowest … Read more
The absence of a prolonged economic recovery, which constitutes the primary challenge facing President Javier Milei’s economic strategy, has once more come to the forefront. Total tax revenue data for August was reported on Tuesday at AR$20.51 trillion. Despite a 33.5% year-over-year increase relative to August 2025, consulting firm ACM determined that, when accounting for … Read more
Javier Milei’s administration has unveiled a set of initiatives in recent days designed to stimulate domestic demand and, in turn, an economy that struggles to gain momentum. The libertarian administration has expanded dollar bank lending to encompass a wider range of companies, not limited to exporters. Concurrently, reports from the Labour Secretariat indicate that it … Read more
The discourse between the government and the opposition regarding the erosion of purchasing power and subdued retail sales progressed into a new phase on Friday. A private report indicated that, although consumer spending in July experienced a 4.2% monthly increase, sales have not yet returned to the levels observed last year. Year-over-year, sales have decreased … Read more
The Milei administration has been asserting for several months that the purchasing power of Argentines is on the mend following the significant fiscal adjustment of 2024 — even going so far as to claim it has already exceeded the levels observed during Alberto Fernández’s presidency. That assertion relies on a particular metric: the registered private-sector … Read more
Two surveys of business leaders in Argentina indicate that diminished consumer spending and uncertainty regarding the timeline for economic recovery are emerging as significant concerns for the sector. One of the reports is the Business Climate Index, a survey that assesses the perceptions of business leaders regarding the business environment, the performance of their companies, … Read more
Credit served as the primary catalyst for the increase in consumption that Argentina experienced in late 2024 and early 2025. However, beginning in the previous year, that trend experienced a gradual deceleration and ultimately reversed, influenced by fluctuating interest rates and a significant increase in household defaults. Since then, Javier Milei’s government has not experienced … Read more
One of the pillars of Argentina’s economy, consumer spending, has continued to stagnate, which can be explained by the fact that the majority of incomes in the country’s formal economy have not yet returned to their pre-President Javier Milei levels. In its most recent report, Nadín Argañaraz examined the six primary sources of income within … Read more
