UPDATE 1-Argentina economic activity up 5.5% in March, above expectations | Science-Environment
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After a poor result last February, with a decrease of 2.7% per month, the economy showed a strong rebound in March, with a growth of 3.5%, compared to the previous month. In addition, in the annual comparison, according to official data, a 5.5% improvement was recorded.This result, which in part had anticipated the good data of the industry in the same month – it grew 3.2%–, was published by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Ind…
UPDATE 1-Argentina economic activity up 5.5% in March, above expectations | Science-Environment
March's economic rebound was driven primarily by the agriculture, livestock, and forestry sector, which saw a 17.9% surge year-on-year, as well as the mining and quarrying industry, which jumped 16.3% compared to the same month last year. Of the sectors tracked by the EMAE monthly economic activity indicator, only public administration, defense, and social security recorded a contraction, falling 1.2% year-on-year.
According to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses of the country, the sectors that grew the most in the month were fisheries and agriculture, livestock, hunting and forestry
The jump of the activity in March allowed to erase the falls of the previous months. For the rest of the year a rise of more than 3% is expected, but with the attention paid to the investments and the recovery of the salary to push the stragglers. This is the highest level since June last year, when it grew 6.3%. In March last year, the rise was 5.5%, but at that time it had a base of comparison significantly depressed after a fall in the same m…
Economic activity rebounded in March, advanced 5.5% over the same month last year and recorded the best rise since June 2025. The data correspond to the Monthly Economic Activity Estimator (EMAE) that disseminated the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC). According to the agency Noticias Argentinas, the agricultural and mining sector retracted the general index. Together with the manufacturing industry, they contributed 2.7 perc…
The economic activity as a whole presented in March an increase of 5.5% year-on-year, based on a better performance of the agricultural sector, the mining and oil exploitation, and a reaction of the industry from a low level of comparison. The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec) also reported that the Monthly Estimator of Economic Activity (EMAE) increased 3.5% between March and April and accumulated an increase of 1.7% so far …
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