Economic and Financial Data for ARGENTINA
[Last Update 20/05/13; updated daily]

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Unit
Description

Observations

Annual 
Growth 
Rate (1)

Links to 
Argentina's Data

 

 

 

 

Date of 
Latest

Latest 
data

Previous 
data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REAL SECTOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Accounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* GDP  at Constant Prices

mill. 1993 pesos

Q4/12

484,213

468,141

2.70%

INDEC - DNCN

 

GOODS PRODUCTIVE SECTORS (15)

mill. 1993 pesos

Q4/12

134,337

133,954

-1.90%

 

 

Agriculture, Forestry and Livestockbreeding.

mill. 1993 pesos

Q4/12

12,125

14,707

-4.04%

 

 

Fishing

mill. 1993 pesos

Q4/12

457

707

5.87%

 

 

Mining and Quarrying

mill. 1993 pesos

Q4/12

5,349

4,980

-3.27%

 

 

Manufacturing

mill. 1993 pesos

Q4/12

77,321

75,708

-1.31%

 

 

Electricity, Gas and Water

mill. 1993 pesos

Q4/12

11,787

12,267

6.86%

 

 

Construction

mill. 1993 pesos

Q4/12

27,297

25,586

-5.74%

 

 

SERVICE PRODUCTIVE SECTORS (15)

mill. 1993 pesos

Q4/12

314,032

300,816

4.21%

 

 

Wholesale and Retail Trade and Repairs

mill. 1993 pesos

Q4/12

69,803

63,615

3.81%

 

 

Hotels and Restaurants

mill. 1993 pesos

Q4/12

11,874

10,581

1.51%

 

 

Transport, Storage and Communication

mill. 1993 pesos

Q4/12

60,833

57,040

4.30%

 

 

Finance

mill. 1993 pesos

Q4/12

34,384

31,979

18.87%

 

 

Real State, Business and Rental Services

mill. 1993 pesos

Q4/12

57,055

57,633

-0.48%

 

 

Public Management, Defense and Organizations Extra - territorial

mill. 1993 pesos

Q4/12

19,981

19,914

3.58%

 

 

Teaching, Social and Health Services

mill. 1993 pesos

Q4/12

34,946

35,621

3.69%

 

 

Other Communitaries, Social and Personal Activities and Domestic Servicies

mill. 1993 pesos

Q4/12

25,157

24,433

1.25%

 

 

* GDP  at Current Prices 

mill. pesos

Q4/12

2,325,977

2,182,909

16.21%

INDEC - DNCN

 

Production Index (EMI)  (seasonally adjusted) 

2006=100

Mar/13

131.8

129.9

-0.3%

INDEC

 

Labor Market

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Employment  

rate 

% of population

Q1/13

43.1

43.1

-0.2%

INDEC

 

* Unemployment  

rate

% of labor force

Q1/13

6.9

6.9

11.3%

INDEC

 

*Wages/Earnings (2) 

1997=100

Q1/13

1,059.0

1,051.5

24.2%

INDEC

 

Price index

 

 

 

 

* Consumer

Prices

2008=100

Apr/13

155.07

153.95

10,5%

INDEC

 

* Wholesale  

Prices, IPIM  

1993=100

Apr/13

595.09

589.56

12,9%

INDEC

 

FISCAL SECTOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Government Operations (3)

 

 

 

 

 

SH

 

* Revenues 

mill. pesos

2006

195,655.7

154,560.0

 

 

 

* Expenditures 

mill. pesos

2006

186,406.4

149,185.5

 

 

 

* Balance,  

deficit(-)  

/ surplus(+) 

mill. pesos

2006

9,249.3

5,374.5

 

 

 

* Of which: Public enterprises and
and Others,
deficit(-)/surplus(+)

mill. pesos

2006

-469.0

-320.0

 

 

 

* Financing 

mill. pesos

2006

-9,249.3

-5,374.5

 

 

 

* Net financial invesment 

mill. pesos

2006

-24,234.9

-12,858.5

 

 

 

* Net Public debt and other net liabilities 

mill. pesos

2006

2,074.6

-784,.5

 

 

 

* Variation of net assets 

mill. pesos

2006

12,911.0

6268.5

 

 

 

Central Government Operations (4)

 

 

 

 

 

SH

 

* Revenues 

mill. pesos

Dic/12

48,180.3

43,726.0

 

 

 

* Expenditures 

mill. pesos

Dic/12

82,821.7

45,821.7

 

 

 

* Balance, 

 deficit(-)  

/ surplus(+) 

mill. pesos

Dic/12

-34,030.8

-2.095,7

 

 

 

* Financing 

mill. pesos

Dic/12

34,030.8

2.095,7

 

 

 

* Financing (in 

 local currency) 

mill. pesos

Dic/12

32,842.2

2.409,4

 

 

 

* Financing (in 

 foreign currency) 

mill. pesos

Dic/12

1,188.6

-313,7

 

 

 

Central Government Debt (stock, end of period) (5)

mill. pesos

Q2/12

827,269

793,288

 

SH

 

* By Currency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-U.S. dollar

mill. pesos

Q2/12

411,955

383,398

 

 

 

-Argentine peso

mill. pesos

Q2/12

321,545

315,483

 

 

 

-Euro

mill. pesos

Q2/12

81,667

82,963

 

 

 

-Japanese Yen

mill. pesos

Q2/12

10,266

9,574

 

 

 

-other currencies

mill. pesos

Q2/12

1,835

1,870

 

 

 

*By Creditor:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-bilateral

mill. pesos

Q2/12

1,284

1,352

 

 

 

-multilateral

mill. pesos

Q2/12

17,881

18,013

 

 

 

-private banks

mill. pesos

Q2/12

6,800

7,032

 

 

 

-securities

mill. pesos

Q2/12

125,509

124,626

 

 

 

-guaranteed loan

mill. pesos

Q2/12

3,899

3,965

 

 

 

-others

mill. pesos

Q2/12

20,479

18,856

 

 

 

-arrears

mill. pesos

Q2/12

6,124

6,207

 

 

 

* Due in:  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 - 2012

mill. pesos

Q2/12

80,783

97,917

 

 

 

 - 2013-2018

mill. pesos

Q2/12

332,508

305,104

 

 

 

- 2019-2089

mill. pesos

Q2/12

386,253

363,087

 

 

 

FINANCIAL SECTOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analytical Accounts of the Banking Sector

 

 

 

 

 

BCRA

 

    * Monetary aggregate (M1*) (6)

mill. pesos

Mar/13

  357.132

  356.166

34,9%

 

 

    * Monetary aggregate (M3*) (7)

mill. pesos

Mar/13

812.347

805.497

28,7%

 

 

    * Gross domestic credit to Public Sector

mill. pesos

Mar/13

235.659

239.291

18,6%

 

 

    * Gross domestic credit to Private Sector

mill. pesos

Mar/13

418.471

409.124

31,4%

 

 

    * Net External Position

mill. pesos

Mar/13

258

286

107,3%

 

 

Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank, end of period (8)

 

 

 

 

 

BCRA

 

    * Monetary liabilities 

mill. pesos

May/07/13

337,603

328,654

34.2%

 

 

    * Net domestic claims on Public Sector 

mill. pesos

May/07/13

347,882

343,586

57.3%

 

 

    * Gross domestic claims on Private Sector 

mill. pesos

May/07/13

-117,132

-123,831

-5.0%

 

 

    * Net External Position 

mill. pesos

May/07/13

194,820

195,052

-2.7%

 

 

Interest rates (13)

 

 

 

 

 

BCRA

 

Public Debt Interest rates (14)

 

 

 

 

 

SF

 

Stock Market (MERVAL), monthly average

1988=100

Apr/13

3,516.67

3,367.73

45.4%

CNV

 

EXTERNAL SECTOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance of Payments

 

 

 

 

 

INDEC - DNCI

 

Current Account

mill. US$

Q4/12

-1,017

741

 

 

 

Goods Net

mill. US$

Q4/12

2,509

4,412

 

 

 

* Exports of  

goods (FOB) 

mill. US$

Q4/12

19,353

22,205

 

 

 

* Imports of  

goods (FOB) 

mill. US$

Q4/12

16,844

17,793

 

 

 

Services Net

mill. US$

Q4/12

-666

-996

 

 

 

* Services: Exports

mill. US$

Q4/12

4,041

3,591

 

 

 

*Services: Imports

mill. US$

Q4/12

4,707

4,587

 

 

 

*Income Credit

mill. US$

Q4/12

533

548

 

 

 

*Income Debit

mill. US$

Q4/12

3,276

3,164

 

 

 

Net receipts from current transfers

mill. US$

Q4/12

-105

-43

 

 

 

Capital Accounts

mill. US$

Q4/12

0

31

 

 

 

Financial Accounts

mill. US$

Q4/12

-2,244

-1,716

 

 

 

Direct Investment Abroad

mill. US$

Q4/12

-280

-86

 

 

 

Direct Investment in Argentina

mill. US$

Q4/12

2,572

2,342

 

 

 

Portfolio and Financial Derivatives - Net

mill. US$

Q4/12

-2,951

-858

 

 

 

Other Investment - Net

mill. US$

Q4/12

-1,672

-3,114

 

 

 

International Reserves (Transactions)

mill. US$

Q4/12

-1,549

-1,726

 

 

 

Net errors and omissions

mill. US$

Q4/12

1,711

-782

 

 

 

International reserves (stock, end of period) (9)

mill. US$

May/07/13

39,361

39,532

 

BCRA (10)

 

    *Gold

mill. US$

May/07/13

2,878

2,923

 

 

 

    *Multilateral Credit Agreements

mill. US$

May/07/13

41

33

 

 

 

    *Derivative Instruments over International Reserves

mill. US$

May/07/13

0

0

 

 

 

    *Currency

mill. US$

May/07/13

1,635

2,337

 

 

 

    *SDRs

mill. US$

May/07/13

3,099

3,099

 

 

 

    * Deposits to be realized in foreign currency

mill.US$

May/07/13

31,708

31,139

 

 

 

    *IMF Reserve Position

mill.US$

May/07/13

0.38

0.39

 

BCRA (10)

 

International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (Template)

mill. US$

Mar/13

 

 

 

BCRA (10)

 

Total External Debt (stock end of period) (12)

mill. US$

Q4/12

141,126

141,316

0.3%

INDEC - DNCI

 

* Public Sector 

mill. US$

Q4/12

71,334

70,738

-2.6%

 

 

* Nonbank  

Private Sector 

mill. US$

Q4/12

66,742

67,142

5.1%

 

 

* Financial Sector  

(excluding Central 

 Bank) 

mill. US$

Q4/12

3,050

3,436

-22.3 %

 

 

Merchandise trade

 

 

 

 

 

INDEC

 

* Total exports 

 (FOB) 

mill. US$

Mar/13

5,968

5,743

-4%

 

 

* Total imports 

 (CIF) 

mill. US$

Mar/13

5,458

5,223

5%

 

 

Exchange rate 

A$/US$

Daily

 

 

 

BCRA

 

International Investment Position

 

 

 

 

 

INDEC - DNCI

 

* Net international investment position (stock, end of period) 

mill. US$

2011

51,784

46,733

10.8%

 

 

* External Assets 

mill. US$

2011

251,338

237,240

5.9%

 

 

  - Reserve Assets 

mill. US$

2011

46,376

52,190

-11.1%

 

 

  - Direct investment 

mill. US$

2011

31,858

30,328

5.0%

 

 

  - Other Assets 

mill. US$

2011

173,104

154,722

11.9%

 

 

 * External Liabilities 

mill. US$

2011

199,554

190,507

4.7%

 

 

     - Direct investment 

mill. US$

2011

94,864

87,552

8.4%

 

 

  - Portfolio investment 

mill. US$

2011

32,333

41,728

-22,5%

 

 

      **Equity 

mill. US$

2011

3,377

5,375

-37.2%

 

 

      **Debt

mill. US$

2011

28,956

36,353

-20.3%

 

 

- Other liabilities 

mill. US$

2011

72,357

61,227

18.2%

 

 

POPULATION(11) 

 

 

 

 

 

INDEC

 

           -Census

Thousands

2010

40,091

36,260

10.6%

 

 

          - Projections

Thousands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) Change of latest data on same period of previous year in percent.

(2) Average wages per worker in the manufacturing industry

(3) Includes Central Goverment. Public enterprises, Provincial and Municipal goverments.  Accrual basis
From 2004 onwards the data do not include municipios provisionally.

(4)  Data of the National Administration, which includes central goverment, decentralized bodies and social security institutions. Cash Basis

(5)  It includes government guaranteed debt as well as direct liabilities.

(6)  M1* = Circulation in pesos + peso and US dollar deposits (demand and other).

(7) M3* = Circulation in pesos + peso and US dollar deposits (demand, savings, time deposits and other).

(8) There has been a change in monetary regulation that afect this data (see com. "A" 3274 BCRA)

(9) Liquidity reserves of BCRA, including national government deposits in BCRA. Exclude other national government external deposits. Exclude BCRA´s  national public bonds in foreign currency.

(10) This hiperlink provides access to a pdf file showing Argentina´s International Reserves on a daily basis and to the Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency

(11) The growth rate corresponds to the population's change between 1991 and 2001. Projections are estimated with National Population and Houses Census 2001 and are prepared with the components method (UN 1956).

(12) Non financial private sector debt stocks and flows have been revised from December 2001 onwards, based on the results of the Central Bank survey ("A" 3602).

  (13) It includes  interest rates on loans from Central Bank to Financial Entities. See table "tasa de interes y coeficientes de ajuste establecidos por el BCRA", "redescuento" spread sheet.
(14) See Table "Tasa Promedio Ponderada de la Deuda del Sector Publico Nacional por instrumento" (National Public Debt Average Interest Rate) in "Public Debt".
 
National Public Debt is long term.

(23) At Producer`s price 

Data producers:
BCRA: Central Bank of Argentine Republic.

INDEC: National Bureau of Statistics and Census.

SPE: Secretariat of Economic Policy.

SH: Secretariat of the Treasury.

DNCI: National Bureau of International Accounts.

CNV: National Securities Comission.

DNCN: National Bureau of National Accounts.

DNCP: National Bureau of Coordination with Provinces.
Country's Economic and Financial Data:
Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure
Secretariat of Economic Policy INDEC
Undersecretariat of Finance
Secretariat of the Treasury Central Bank
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