The drought affecting over half of Argentina’s national territory means agricultural production levels this year will be lower than the 2021/2022 season and below the five-year average, especially for wheat. That is the warning in a report from the Grains Exchange, which said the 2022/2023 season is characterized …
Local and international analysts have forecast the key figures for Argentina’s economy in 2023, and their conclusions differ broadly, with GDP growth projected to be between 0.4% and “more than three points”. However, international financial institutions, national consulting firms and the government all agree that high inflation will …
The Economy Ministry is drafting a bill to guarantee the functional and economic independence of the official statistics institute, the INDEC. According to a non-public draft seen by the Buenos Aires Herald, the project aims to transform the agency into a “decentralized and autarchic entity with functional autonomy …
The heads of the Argentine and Chinese central banks confirmed the activation of the currency swap the two countries signed last November. The president of Argentina’s central bank, Miguel Pesce, met with the governor of the People’s Bank of China, Yi Gang, in the Swiss city of Basel. …
The Economy Ministry refinanced its maturities for the first three months of 2023 from AR$4.3 trillion to AR$1.41 trillion in what it considered a “successful” debt swap. The swap, which was offered on December 29 and due Tuesday, had an adherence of 67.2%. The Finance Department highlighted the …
With no official numbers yet, estimates show December ended with an inflation rate above 5%. Thus, 2022 ended with a Consumer Price Index (CPI) rise close to 95% year-on-year, a record in recent decades. And the outlook for 2023 is not encouraging. Several analysts have pointed to a …
Last Thursday, the Economy Ministry announced a debt swap, or “conversion”, due today, with the goal of postponing bonds maturing in the first quarter of 2023. The initial offer, made for holders of eight bonds, consisted of two different “bond batches”: one made up of LEDES with maturities …
Argentine stocks managed to consolidate their recovery and produce all-time profits in 2022. The S&P Merval index accumulated an increase of 42% in dollars through the year. This happened despite the prevailing volatility on Wall Street, as global equity assets were affected by the US Federal Reserve’s harder …
The Economy Ministry passed its last financial test of the year this Wednesday, successfully placing bonds for AR$326.61 billion. The auction means the government ended 2023 with net financing of AR$700 billion. The financial instrument menu was made up of three bonds: the “Lelite”, with a January maturity …
