Argentina Economy Grows but Two-Speed Split Deepens

2026-03-27 - 13:30

Key Points — Argentina’s economy grew 0.4% month-on-month and 1.9% year-on-year in January, matching Bloomberg consensus, with the EMAE activity indicator hitting a new all-time high in both seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle series — Agriculture (+25.1%), fishing (+50.8%), and mining (+9.6%) drove the expansion, while manufacturing fell 2.6% and retail trade dropped 3.2% — exposing