Argentina's poverty indexes on the rise

According to Indec, 54.2% of people aged 0 to 14 live in poverty Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) Thursday released a study showing that 39.2% of the South American ... Read More

Argentina: Who can fix the political and economic problems?

Argentina's presidential primaries are generally seen as an important indicator ahead of presidential and congressional elections. “The election has given rise to a new economic and political ... Read More

Argentina’s Milei vows to push economic reforms with or without parliament

It will be some time before ... on Friday. Argentina, Latin America’s third-largest economy, has stumbled between economic crises for decades, beset by enormous debt, widespread poverty and ... Read More

Freedom (and poverty) in Argentina: Milei’s 100 frenetic days in power and an unprecedented economic experiment

Javier Milei came to power last December, in an Argentina ... while the poverty rate is closing in on 60%. Unemployment is also on the rise. Milei blames the deterioration of the economy on ... Read More

How Serious Are Argentina's Economic Problems?

Nathaniel Parish Flannery: What are the biggest challenges Argentina ... Poverty levels have risen persistently since Macri assumed office. In light of these challenging circumstances, an economic ... Read More

Argentina’s Politics And Its Economy Are A Total Fiasco

The Economist Intelligence Unit gives Macri a 25% chance of making it to a second-round runoff election ... sector debts before it makes any more disbursements to Argentina. The economic outlook ... Read More

Argentina’s Economy Contracted Less Than Expected in January

Argentina posted a third negative economic print during President Javier Milei’s first full month in office, affirming views that the country likely entered into another recession at the start ... Read More

Success and Setbacks: 100 Days of Argentina's Milei

Argentina's President Javier Milei has slashed public spending, but 100 days into his presidency, social tensions are simmering, and he is still battling to pass his flagship economic reforms. Read More

Can economic freedom succeed in Argentina?

While these wounds run deep, the issues most relevant to Argentina’s citizens today relate to costs of living and systems of political patronage that inhibit the country’s economic vitality. Read More

Argentina economy

The newly-elected head of state says the bill is key to saving the economy but protesters say it is a threat to democracy. Argentina is divided over the new president's plans for its troubled economy. Read More

Economic News

(Bloomberg) -- The world’s biggest bond market extended this month’s selloff as solid economic data and hawkish Fedspeak spurred bets interest rates will be higher for longer.Most Read from ... Read More

Low Poverty Rate

This metric relies on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, which determines poverty rates by calculating the share of people in a state whose family or individual income falls below poverty thresholds. Read More