Inflation & Prices

Argentina Inflation Unexpectedly Cools in Another Milei Win

  • Consumer prices rose 2.4% in November, 166% from year earlier
  • Argentina closer to slowing crawling peg to 1%, Caputo says

Argentina’s annual inflation slowed to 166%.

Photographer: Anita Pouchard Serra/Bloomberg
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Argentina’s monthly inflation slowed to the lowest level since July 2020, handing President Javier Milei another victory on voters’ biggest concern a year after taking office.

Consumer prices rose 2.4% in November, compared with the 2.8% median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Annual inflation slowed to 166%, according to government data published Wednesday.