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Argentina’s Economy Contracted in May for Third Time in 2025

The Ministry of the Economy in Buenos Aires. 

Photographer: Erica Canepa/Bloomberg

Argentina’s economy contracted in May for the third time this year as previous wage declines and rising unemployment likely put pressure on consumer spending.

Economic activity fell 0.1% from April, below economists’ projections for growth of the same scale, while April’s positive figure was revised down slightly. From a year ago, the economy expanded 5%, according to government statistics published Monday.