Argentina

Planning Minister Julio De Vido has publicly announced that there will be no repeat of last winter's energy shortages when the cold returns this year. Blackouts during an extreme... 2008-02-13

BMI View: Following the example of her husband and predecessor, President Cristina Fernández Kirchner used a public event to pre-empt the next important economic data release from... 2008-02-13

According to a survey by polling agency Ipsos Mora y Araujo, new president Cristina Fernández has ended her first month in office with a positive image among 71% of respondents.... 2008-01-15

Real GDP growth remained strong in Q307, coming in at 8.7% y-o-y. The outturn was led by robust domestic demand, with private and public consumption up 8.9% and 8.4% y-o-y respectively,... 2008-01-15

President elect, Cristina Fernández, who will take office on December 10, has already provided an insight into what should be a more internationalist approach to governance than... 2007-12-04

The incoming government has already begun implementing measures to restore the budget surplus at somewhere close to 4% of GDP. Our forecasts are slightly less optimistic, and though... 2007-11-29

Restoring public confidence and trust in the credibility of statistics agency INDEC 's data is absolutely essential if the government's anti-inflationary strategy is to succeed.... 2007-11-22

As expected, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner won the presidential election on October 28, and will succeed her husband, Néstor Kirchner, on December 10. The elections also heralded... 2007-11-05

BMI View: After being crippled by power shortages in July, industry in Argentina has bounced back impressively, led by the ongoing boom in the automobile industry. According to... 2007-11-05

BMI View: Cristina Fernández is the first elected female president of Argentina, after a comfortable victory in Sunday's election. The immediate repercussions of the forthcoming... 2007-10-30