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How to read Argentina's economic indicators
Lower inflation does not automatically mean lower poverty. Reporting periods, measures and source dates explain why Argentina's economic indicators can point in different directions.
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Milei proposes central-bank charter change to bar Treasury financing
The proposed law would tighten the barrier between the monetary authority and the government, but it needed a congressional vote and could still be changed by a future legislature.
Source: Reuters, 30 Jul 2026
Argentina's May inflation eases to 2.1%, but annual rate rises
INDEC's June release showed a second consecutive monthly slowdown, while the 12-month increase climbed to 33.2%, exposing the difference between progress on prices and a finished disinflation.
Source: Reuters, 11 Jun 2026
Argentina's April inflation slows to 2.6%, ending a long monthly rise
INDEC's April figure broke a run of months without a decline in the monthly inflation rate. Annual inflation still stood at 32.4%, and the price of a basic household basket kept rising.
Source: Página/12 reporting INDEC figures, 14 May 2026
Argentine inflation holds at 2.9% in February as housing costs rise
INDEC's February CPI matched January's monthly increase and reached 33.1% over 12 months. Housing and regulated prices posed a fresh challenge to the disinflation campaign.
Source: Chequeado reporting INDEC figures, 12 Mar 2026
EconomyAnalysis
Two years into Milei’s presidency, inflation falls but daily costs still bite
A fresh inflation reading after the president’s second anniversary showed much slower annual price growth but stubborn monthly increases. Lower measured poverty and a new labour bill framed the next test.
Source: MercoPress, November inflation, 11 Dec 2025
Argentina's May inflation falls to 1.5%, its lowest since 2020
INDEC's June release showed a sharp monthly slowdown after the April currency overhaul, but annual price growth remained 43.5% and economists warned that food's seasonal relief might not last.
Source: INDEC, May 2025 consumer price report, 12 Jun 2025
Argentina's poverty rate falls to 38.1% after early austerity shock
INDEC's figures for the second half of 2024 showed a steep fall in urban poverty from the first half, but millions still lived below the line and economists warned that incomes remained fragile.
Source: Reuters, 31 Mar 2025
Argentina's November monthly inflation slows to 2.4%
INDEC's December 11 release showed the lowest monthly reading in roughly four years, but a 166% year-on-year rise and expensive essentials kept the social test of disinflation alive.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald, 11 Dec 2024
PoliticsAnalysis
Milei marks a year in office with promises to ease currency controls
In a December 10 address, Argentina's president promised wider use of dollars and an end to foreign-exchange restrictions in 2025, after a year of disinflation, recession and fierce budget fights.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald, 10 Dec 2024
Poverty reaches 52.9% in Argentina in the first half of 2024
INDEC's September release captured the human cost of Argentina's economic shock: more than half of people in surveyed urban areas fell below the poverty line during Milei's first six months.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald, 26 Sep 2024
Argentina's monthly inflation falls to single digits, while yearly rate stays near 290%
INDEC's April CPI reading of 8.8% offered Milei evidence of disinflation, but utility bills and a 289.4% annual rate showed how costly stabilisation remained for households.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald reporting INDEC data, 14 May 2024
