ContableIA: Understanding Argentina's Economics

RESOURCES:

Main data resources come from Central Bank Of Argentina - BCRA and the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses - INDEC, taking into account these considerations:

  • Due to the intervention of the government in the INDEC and the manipulation of data from 2003 to 2016 to hide real statistics, the only reliable available data on CPI is from December 2016, onwards.
  • Normally, data on CPI related to a month is released by INDEC at the middle of the next month.

The IMF Lifted the Declaration of Censorship Imposed on Argentina:

09/11/2016: The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) informs that the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund announced its decision to lift the declaration of censorship that weighed on Argentina since February 1, 2013 for the breach of its obligation before the international organization -established in the Constitutive Agreement- to provide truthful information on the evolution of the economy.

Read more
IMF Press Release N° 16/497

CPI Data Released by INDEC is Used to Calculate Cumulative Inflation and Restatement Indices:

By definition, consumer price index (CPI) measures the monthly change in prices paid by Argentinian consumers. The INDEC calculates the CPI as a weighted average of prices for a basket of goods and services representative of aggregate consumer spending.

Read more about how CPI is calculated in Argentina
Source: Access to CPI historical time series

HISTORIC GRAPHS:

Access historical information graphs with data since December 2016, up to today:

Financial Dictionaries of the BCRA:
Online Financial Dictionary Financial Glossary (PDF)
Glossary of INDEC:
INDEC Glossary