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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Walter Bianchi
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1 month ago | 
gurutrade.com | Aida Pelaez-Fernandez |Walter Bianchi |Sarah Morland |Diane Craft
BUENOS AIRES, March 14 (Reuters) - Argentina's monthly inflation rate accelerated to 2.4% in February, in line with analyst estimates, data from the INDEC statistics agency showed on Friday.
This marks an acceleration from the 2.2% recorded in January, as housing and public services expenses rose nearly 4%.
Inflation in the 12 months through February hit 66.9%, also slowing from a rate of 84.5% recorded in the previous month but a touch above the expectations of analysts polled by Reuters.
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1 month ago | 
kfgo.com | Walter Bianchi |Aida Pelaez-Fernandez
By Walter Bianchi and Aida Pelaez-FernandezBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s monthly inflation rate accelerated to 2.4% in February, in line with analyst estimates, data from the INDEC statistics agency showed on Friday. This marks an acceleration from the 2.2% recorded in January, as housing and public services expenses rose nearly 4%.
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2 months ago | 
gurutrade.com | Walter Bianchi |Brendan O'Boyle
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) - Argentina's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 300 basis points to settle at 29%, it announced in a statement on Thursday, as inflation continues its downward path in South America's No. 2 economy.
Traders expected a cut, as the rate of rising consumer prices falls and the monetary authority is set to slow the monthly pace of devaluation of the local peso currency.
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2 months ago | 
money.usnews.com | Walter Bianchi
By Walter BianchiBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Traders and analysts expect Argentina's central bank to lower its benchmark interest rate as soon as Thursday, as inflation falls sharply and as the bank is set to slow the monthly pace of devaluation of the local peso currency. Starting Monday, the devaluation, known as the crawling peg, will slow down to 1% a month from 2% a month previously.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
agriculture.com | Walter Bianchi
BUENOS AIRES, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Argentina will likely regain its status as the second-biggest barley exporter as the current harvest wraps up, the Rosario grains exchange said on Friday, as the area sown with the crop expanded and other key exporters like Russia expect to ship less. Barley is widely used for livestock feed, as well as to make malt for beer and other alcoholic drinks.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
wabx.net | Walter Bianchi
By Walter BianchiBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Investors in Argentina are betting on a potential interest rate cut and a slower ‘crawling peg’ for the local peso will prolong a market rally fueled by the pro-market policies of President Javier Milei and hopes for fresh IMF funds. The South American country’s libertarian leader has slashed public spending, rebuilt its foreign reserves and overturned a deep fiscal deficit, while gradually chipping away at damaging triple-digit annual inflation.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
reuters.com | Walter Bianchi
BUENOS AIRES, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Investors in Argentina are betting on a potential interest rate cut and a slower 'crawling peg' for the local peso will prolong a market rally fueled by the pro-market policies of President Javier Milei and hopes for fresh IMF funds. The South American country's libertarian leader has slashed public spending, rebuilt its foreign reserves and overturned a deep fiscal deficit, while gradually chipping away at damaging triple-digit annual inflation.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
kfgo.com | Walter Bianchi
By Walter BianchiBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Investors in Argentina are betting on a potential interest rate cut and a slower ‘crawling peg’ for the local peso will prolong a market rally fueled by the pro-market policies of President Javier Milei and hopes for fresh IMF funds. The South American country’s libertarian leader has slashed public spending, rebuilt its foreign reserves and overturned a deep fiscal deficit, while gradually chipping away at damaging triple-digit annual inflation.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
reuters.com | Jorge Otaola |Walter Bianchi
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