The latest market, economy, central-bank, policy and company stories from Argentina, updated every 15 minutes. Last updated 19 October 2026.
| GDP growth (2025) | 4.4% | Fast growth. |
| Inflation (2024) | 219.9% | High inflation: money loses value quickly. |
| Unemployment (2025) | 7.1% | Moderate. |
| GDP per person (2025) | $14,898 | Average output per person: a rough measure of how wealthy a country is. |
| Current account (2025) | -1.1% of GDP | Deficit: spends more abroad than it earns, so it relies on foreign money. |
| Exports (2025) | 15.6% of GDP | Driven mostly by its home market. |
Latest official annual figures from World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). Context, not a forecast or financial advice.
Facing a slump in the polls, Argentina’s president is making economic attacks on the islands’ oil industry, and suggesting its key fisheries industry could be next A dozen local people and a uniformed military police officer (“Do you mind if I sit in?”) took their seats at the back of the handsome wood-panelled…
The National Sovereignty Defence bill, with which Javier Milei’s government seeks to toughen sanctions against those involved in exploiting resources in the Falklands, failed to secure committee approval in the Chamber of Deputies and will not reach the special session planned for October 21, according to the…
La inflación mensual en Argentina se aceleró levemente en septiembre hasta 1,9%, informó este martes el instituto de estadísticas Indec.
The citizenship-by-investment programme launched by Javier Milei’s government, which allows foreigners to obtain Argentine nationality in exchange for a US$350,000 contribution to the Treasury or the purchase of a US$800,000 bond, faces challenges from constitutional lawyers and from the opposition, which is trying to…
The sanctions Argentina has imposed on companies involved in the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands target specific entities rather than entire corporate groups, so the subsidiary currently operating the field is not automatically covered, according to a legal analysis by specialist site Diplomacy & Law.
Argentina‘s government launched a scheme it hopes will attract wealthy investors and simultaneously “further strengthen the Argentine Republic’s fiscal and financial position,” offering people the chance to apply for citizenship via investment and thus bypass the more typical procedures.