A short guide to Argentinean macro data
A short guide to Argentinean macro data
Interested in activity, prices, monetary, fiscal, external sector, and financial data for Argentina? There are loads of datasets, see for example this Repository which has oficial statistics from from different sources, INDEC's Repository and BCRA's Repository. If you are looking for data about Argentina you'll probably find it here. However, this short guide will help you find the basic "must-see" datasets.
Argentina Country Profile Dashboard
The starting point is our Argentina Macro Dashboard, a fully automatized Dashboard presenting up-to-date data. You can catch a glimpse and get a broad idea of the latest developments.
The Charts are fully integrated with our datasets, so if you want to replicate any of them, you can download the source Dataset, or just click the button “Clone Chart” to reproduce the Chart inside our Platform.
The main sources for the data used on this Dashboard come from the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA), the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) and Argentina's Ministry of Economy (MECON). The data is fully integrated with our database which means once the sources release the data, our database will be instantaneously updated on our platform.
Our Dashboard contains five sections: Activity, Prices, Money and Banking, Fiscal, External Sector and Financial.
Activity
To track the economic activity of the Argentinean Economy, you can monitor the evolution of GDP, Industrial Production, Employment and Wages.
- Quarterly Gross Domestic Product
- Monthly Gross Domestic Product
- Industrial Production
- Employment
- Wages
Prices
For prices and inflation, you can track the main inflation metrics for Argentina, such as the Core and Headline Inflation, and its groups in this Dataset. Also, if you click here you can access BCRA's Market Expectations Survey (REM) official figures for inflation expectations.
Money and Banking
Money and banking data tracks variables, such as the Monetary Aggregates and Interest rates. If you are curious about the Interest Rates in Argentina and other daily variables, check it out this Dataset. Other relevant information is:
Fiscal
The Fiscal data tracks the evolution of the Fiscal Accounts and the Debt of Argentina. Check it out on the following datasets:
External Sector
In the External Sector Section you can track variables such as Trade Balance, Exchanges Rates and Balance of Payments:
Financial
Finally, for Financial Data there is plenty of information about Argentina's Risk Premium, Stock Market, Government Bonds, and Equities. Beyond Argentina, we have a comprehensive dataset covering the Risk Premium for multiple countries, take a look here.
- Argentina - Equity - Merval
- Argentina - Sovereign Bond Prices
- Global - MSCI ETFs
- See more in this Repository
If you want to further explore Argentina's Data you can click here and filter the categories you are interested in. Also, you can find datasets which compile information of several countries, such as OECD or BIS.
