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Argentina's libertarian president, Javier Milei, a political outsider who won election last year brandishing a chainsaw as a blunt symbol of his plans to cut spending, is defying long odds to right the embattled economy and keeping a lid on voter anger.
about 2 months ago
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Argentina likely had a trade surplus for the tenth straight month in September under libertarian President Javier Milei, helping to accumulate a net $16 billion in hard currency since he took office,analysts said in a Reuters poll on Wednesday.
2 months ago
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Argentina's monthly inflation rate is expected to have slowed to 3.5% in September, which would be the lowest monthly rate since the end of 2021, a Reuters poll of economists showed on Tuesday.
3 months ago
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Argentina's poverty rate rocketed to 52.9% in the first half of 2024, the government's INDEC statistics agency said on Thursday, surging from 40.1% a year earlier.
3 months ago
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Argentina's foreign currency deposits have jumped by around $8 billion since libertarian President Javier Milei took office in December, driven by a series of pro-market austerity measures and incentives to lure dollars back into the financial system.
3 months ago
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Argentina's economy shrank 1.7% in the second quarter of the year compared to the previous three-month period, the country's statistics agency said on Wednesday, pushing the embattled South American nation deeper into recession.
3 months ago
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Argentina's economy likely shrank 1.4% in the second quarter versus a year earlier, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, the fifth such decline as a recession deepens under a tough austerity drive by libertarian President Javier Milei.
3 months ago
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Argentina's President Javier Milei said during a presentation to Congress on Sunday on the 2025 budget that he would defend his government's commitment to maintaining fiscal balance and veto all bills that threaten it.
3 months ago
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The draft of Argentina's 2025 budget foresees the economy expanding 5% and the primary fiscal surplus representing 1.3% of gross domestic product, according to a summary document issued by the Economy Ministry on Sunday.
3 months ago
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Argentina's monthly inflation rate stood at 4.2% in August, official data published on Wednesday showed, rising from last month and surpassing analysts' forecasts, while Argentines tighten their wallets to deal with spiraling costs.
3 months ago
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Argentina's monthly inflation rate is expected to have edged down to 3.9% in August, a Reuters poll of economists showed on Monday, the lowest since the start of 2022 although only just below the 4% level registered the previous month.
4 months ago