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Argentinas Central Bank paid US$17.7 million on US swap

Argentina’s Central Bank (BCRA) confirmed on Monday that it paid US$17.7 million in interest after activating its swap line with the United States...

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Argentina posts primary fiscal surplus of 0.5% of GDP in the first four months of 2026

Economy Minister Luis Caputo announced on Monday that, in April, Argentina posted a primary surplus of AR$632 billion (around US$452 million at the...

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Argentina ranks among 10 hardest countries in the world to do business in

Argentina ranked ninth among the 10 hardest countries in the world to do business in, bogged down by the regulatory and tax hurdles...

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Government presses ahead with privatization of state-owned firms

Argentinas government on Friday launched a bid to privatize public water utility AySA by selling its entire stake in the company to private...

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Inflation in April dips to 2.6%, first drop in 11 months

Inflation in Argentina dipped to 2.6% in April, according to a report released Thursday by statistics agency INDEC. The figure represented a decline...

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IMF to approve a US$1 billion disbursement for Argentina next week

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board meeting and the required “board approval” next week will unlock a US$1 billion disbursement to Argentina,...

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Patagonia workers project to be big winners in Mileis economic plan

Argentine Patagonia region is shaping up as the country’s main source of new jobs in the coming years, on the back of multibillion-dollar...

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Milei applies chainsaw to public transport amid questions to austerity plan

As part of its goal of maintaining the fiscal surplus at any cost, Javier Mileis government will implement a significant increase in fares...

Government cuts another US$1.63 billion in spending amid tax revenue shortfall

Some time ago, Economy Minister Luis Caputo asked his Cabinet colleagues to send him spending cut proposals amounting to 2% of capital expenditures...

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Argentine retail sales down 3.2% in April, with household defaults at a 20-year high

Consumer spending still isn’t picking up, according to the latest private surveys, casting doubt on the economic recovery President Javier Milei has been...