My firm has posted for a while the numbers that the IMF were saying were way off for 2026 and inflation would be much higher. This morning they adjusted.
The Fund just raised its annual inflation estimate for Argentina to 30.4% and lowered GDP growth projections to 3.5%. The "V-shaped" dream...
🇦🇷Argentina's Q4 2025 unemployment data is out, and it reveals a massive, "two-track" geographic economy. 📉
While the national rate climbed to 7.5% (affecting 1.6M people), the regional disparity is staggering. Here is the breakdown of who is hurting and who is resilient:
🏢 The Heavy...
A significant step back for the Argentine labor market, with new INDEC data showing considerable strain in the Q4 of 2025. 🇦🇷📉
While open unemployment is up, the broader pressures on the workforce are the real red flag.
📊 Key data from Q4 2025 vs. Q4 2024 (across 31 urban areas):
Open...
These numbers sound terrible. This article says 30 companies have been closing each day in Argentina for the past 1.5 years with a net loss of 236,000 jobs.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/12/02/latam-argentina-companies-closing-job-losses/2291764703783/
Unemployment rises despite economic recovery, data shows
Unemployment in Argentina rose to 7.9 percent in the first quarter of 2025, according to data from the INDEC national statistics bureau.
This figure represents an increase of 1.5 points compared to the 6.4 percent recorded in the...
Things not working out as planned for Milei. And some are like firing 525,000 employees in the first 3 months of his Presidency.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/milei-austerity-plan-pushes-argentina-191325209.html?_fsig=QFIvvoyFKUlHtNw3un3MbQ--%7EA...
In the midst of the recession and the decline of the industry, a faucet factory furloughed 600 employees - Infobae
Source:
https://www.infobae.com/economia/2024/05/16/en-medio-de-la-recesion-y-la-caida-de-la-industria-una-fabrica-de-griferia-suspendio-a-600-empleados/
May 16, 2024
This is...
Macri's government, along with the IMF, have agreed on an economic program that should succeed in bringing solid economic, and sustainable. growth to the country, far less inflation, and hopefully as a result, more social justice. There are only two impediments that may cause the program to...
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