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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