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Milei, who is pledging economic shock therapy such as shutting the central bank and dollarization, won a second-round runoff vote on Sunday with some 56% to rival Sergio Massa's 44%. Milei now faces the huge challenge of turning around the economy once he takes office on Dec. 10. "It is an economy that is in intensive care," said Miguel Kiguel, a former undersecretary of finance at the Economy Ministry in the 1990s. A central bank poll of analysts forecast 185% inflation by the end of the year. In a bid to tamp down inflation Argentina's central bank has hiked the benchmark interest rate to 133%, which encourages saving in pesos, but hurts access to credit and economic growth.

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☆ Argentina retail prices to maintain double-digit rise in September - Reuters poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The consumer price index (CPI) rose 12.4% in August, while annual inflation topped 124% in the month. "September marks the second consecutive month with double-digit inflation," said Eugenio Mari, chief economist at the Libertad y Progreso Foundation. The projections among the analysts surveyed ranged from a minimum rise of 10.7% to a maximum of 13.8% for September. However, economist Martin Kalos estimated that September's inflation figure "is similar to that of August. The official statistics institute INDEC will publish September's inflation data on Thursday at 1900 GMT, while the central bank will release its Market Expectations Survey (REM) shortly after.

Persons: Ernesto Acuna, Agustin Marcarian, Eugenio Mari, Paula Gandara, Martin Kalos, There's, Walter Bianchi, Jorge Otaola, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Libertad y Progreso Foundation, Adcap Asset Management, Economic Policy, Economy Ministry, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES

☆ Argentina retail prices to maintain double-digit rise in September, Reuters poll shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

☆ Argentina August inflation forecast at highest since 1991
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Hernan Nessi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Argentina was already battling annual inflation near 115%, which is driving a painful cost of living crisis and pushing people into poverty. "August was the worst month, I would say in the last 25 years of Argentina's economy," Sergio Massa, Minister of Economy and presidential candidate for the ruling Peronist bloc, said in a recent television interview. Reuters Graphics Reuters GraphicsThe survey of 28 analysts polled by Reuters forecast monthly inflation for August ranging from 9.3% to a maximum 12.9%. Analysts also predicted inflation would likely remain in double figures for September. Reporting by Hernan Nessi; Writing by Valentine Hilaire; Editing by Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Argentina inflation likely sped back up ahead of primary vote, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Hernan Nessi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A costumer counts money before buying tangerines in a green grocery store, as Argentines struggle amid rising inflation, in Buenos Aires, Argentina May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Agustin MarcarianBUENOS AIRES, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Argentina's monthly inflation rate likely sped back up to 7.1% in July, a Reuters poll of analysts showed, a blow for the ruling Peronist coalition, which is battling to avoid defeat by the conservative opposition in primary elections on Sunday. The projections from 19 local and foreign analysts ranged from a minimum 5.9% rise to a maximum 7.9% jump in the month. Many analysts saw a tough outlook for prices in the months ahead due to economic uncertainty, fiscal imbalances, and volatility ahead of the general election in October. Argentina's INDEC statistics agency is expected to publish inflation data next week after the primaries.

Persons: Agustin Marcarian, That's, Alejandro Giacoia, Eugenio Marí, Hernán Nessi, Gabriel Burin, Adam Jourdan, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Peronist, Sunday, Index, Reuters Graphics Reuters Graphics, Libertad, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, Agustin Marcarian BUENOS AIRES, Progreso

☆ Argentina cenbank mulls another rate hike to tame 100% inflation - adviser, analysts
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Jorge Otaola | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BUENOS AIRES, April 12 (Reuters) - Argentina central bank board have been discussing the idea of another potential interest rate hike from the current 78% level, an adviser to the bank said on Wednesday, with analysts anticipating a 200-basis-point raise to contend with annual inflation running at over 100%. "The possibility of a new rate rise has been raised, but it is not yet defined," an advisor to the central bank told Reuters, asking not to be named as the discussions were private. A central bank spokesman declined to comment. Analysts, however, unanimously agreed another hike was likely, with monthly inflation for March expected to have accelerated to above 7%, the fastest since July last year. He agreed the rate would likely rise to 80%.

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