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Day: January 4, 2021

Mergers and acquisitions fall 75% in value compared to 2019

The value of mergers and acquisitions in Argentina in 2020 was the lowest of the decade. During the year, 53 transactions were completed, for a value of $970 million. Compared to 2019, the number of transactions increased by 15%, but in terms of the value, they decreased by 75%.

Posted on January 4, 2021 by beasouvironPosted in Macroeconomy/Finance

Retail sales fell by 8% year-on-year in December

SME retail sales fell by 8% in December compared to the same month in 2019, while having an annual decline of 21.4%. The decline in real household incomes, the explosion in informal sales and the shortage of goods impacted demand for the month, both online and physical stores.

Posted on January 4, 2021 by beasouvironPosted in Industry

Argentina’s public debt rises to almost 100% of the GDP in one year

Public debt represents almost the entirety of Argentina's gross domestic product (GDP), amounting to $332.25 billion for the third quarter of 2020, which means a fall of 36% in dollars, in just two years.

Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 by beasouvironPosted in Macroeconomy/Finance

In 2020 the BCRA paid over $8.36 billion in interests

The total accumulated interest paid by the Central Bank (BCRA) exceeds 703 billion pesos ($8.36 bn). This ammount is equivalent to 140% of the monetary expansion for the whole year. The millions of dollars in interest that the BCRA has to pay on its growing interest-bearing debt is the opposite of the fiscal and monetary imbalances.

Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 by beasouvironPosted in Macroeconomy/Finance

Argentina: the country with the lowest amount of bank loans and deposits in Latin America

Inflation and the "cash only" culture, among other reasons, led Argentina to the last place among 17 countries in a key ranking: it is the country with the lowest amount of credit and bank deposits in Latin America, concerning the size of its economy.

Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 by beasouvironPosted in Geopolitics, Macroeconomy/Finance

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