President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that the unemployment rate has dropped in the last quarter of 2012 to 6.9 percent, 0.7 points lower than the level registered in the previous quarter, and that the economy has grown 1.8 percent, "despite the severe international crisis."
The US dollar gained half cent and traded at AR$4.335/AR$4.375 today at the close business yesterday at Buenos Aires exchange houses.
The poverty rate ended the second semester of 2011 at 6.5 percent, against the 9.9 percent published during the same period in 2010, the Indec national statistics bureau reported. This poverty index level has not been reached since 1982, when the rate was of 5.1 percent.
The US dollar stood at AR$4.32/AR$4.365 today, remaining unchanged from the previous price at the close business yesterday at Buenos Aires exchange houses.
The US dollar stood at AR$4.31/AR$4.37, thus remaining the same from previous price at the close business at Buenos Aires exchange houses.
The US dollar stood at AR$4.325/AR$4.36 today, remaining unchanged from the previous price at the close business yesterday at Buenos Aires exchange houses.
The US dollar stood at AR$4.31/AR$4.355 today, remaining unchanged from the previous price at the close business yesterday at Buenos Aires exchange houses.
The US dollar stood at AR$4.31/AR$4.355 today, remaining unchanged from the previous price at the close business at Buenos Aires exchange houses.
The US dollar stood at AR$4.32/AR$4.365 today, thus gaining half cent from the previous price at the close business at Buenos Aires exchange houses.
The US dollar stood at AR$4.30/AR$4.335, remaining unchanged from the previous price at Buenos Aires exchange houses.
The US dollar stood at AR$4.30/AR$4.34, remaining unchanged from the previous price at the close business yesterday at Buenos Aires exchange houses.
The unemployment rate dropped to 6.7 percent in the last quarter of 2011, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced as she resumed her activities after a three-week medical leave of absence.
The US dollar traded at AR$4.265/AR$4.305 remaining at same price as last week at Buenos Aires exchange houses. Meanwhile, the Euro also remains unchanged, trading at AR$5.65/AR$5.78 at City exchange trade agencies.
The US dollar traded at AR$4.265/AR$4.305, remaining unchanged from the previous price at the close of trading at Buenos Aires exchange houses.
The US dollar traded at AR$4.295/AR$4.335, gaining half cent from the previous price at Buenos Aires exchange houses. Meanwhile, the Euro traded at AR$5.40/AR$5.53 at City exchange trade agencies.
The US dollar traded for AR$4.205/AR$4.25, increased 0.1 percent compared to last Friday's closing exchange rate. Meanwhile, the Euro dropped one cent and stood at AR$5.78/AR$5.90, at City exchange trade agencies.
The US dollar traded at AR$4.25/AR$4.29, gaining half cent from the previous price at the close of trading at Buenos Aires exchange houses.
Taxi cabs fares will climb 26 percent as from Tuesday while the Buenos Aires City toll rates will increase 30 percent as of Thursday.
Buenos Aires Province Security Minister Ricardo Casal announced that the criminality rate dropped 12.5 percent during the first semester of the year.
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner anounced that the unemployment rate has dropped to 7.3 percent in the second quarter of 2011, a 0.6 decrease in comparison to a 7.9 rate in the same time period of 2010.
The US dollar traded for AR$4.19/AR$4.235, and remained at the same price compared to yesterday's exchange rate.
Domestic Trade Secretary Guillermo Moreno accused two private financial consultants –Efimak and Abeceb.com - as well as the Business Leaders Association for alleged inaccuracies in their inflation rates.
Illegal labour reached 34.1 percent of the total amount of jobs in Argentina, the Indec National Statistics bureau reported.
Opposition lawmakers announced that the inflation index measured by eight consulting agencies increased 1.5 percent in June. Indec national statistics bureau will announce the official inflation rate on Wednesday.
The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week, suggesting the labor market is healing too slowly to make much of a dent in the unemployment rate.
The Labor Department said today the unemployment rate, a key focus in the race for the White House, dropped by 0.3 percentage point to its lowest point since January 2009.
The number of people out of work in France soared again in October to hit its highest level in 14-and-a-half years, piling pressure on Socialist President Francois Hollande who has promised to halt the relentless rise by the end of 2013.
US employers cut back on hiring in April and the jobless rate fell as people gave up the hunt for work, according to the Labor Department. Employers added just 115,000 workers to their payrolls last month.
Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond suddenly quit over an interest rate-rigging scandal that threatens to drag in a dozen more major lenders but suggested the Bank of England had encouraged his bank to manipulate the figures.
The European Central Bank's new zero deposit rate had an instant impact as it came into force, with banks more than halving the amount of cash parked there overnight and one ECB policymaker saying he expected the move to increase banks' lending.
The US economy created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate dropped to a near three-year low of 8.3 percent, indicating last quarter's growth carried into early 2012.
Tentative signs of stabilisation in the euro zone economy remained over the past month but uncertainty remains high, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said today after the ECB held interest rates at a record low of 1.0 percent.
The European Central Bank held interest rates at 1.0 percent and will resist calls to do more to fight the euro zone crisis, putting the onus on governments to foster growth and head off anger over austerity policies.
US employment rose less than expected in October, but a drop in the jobless rate to a six-month low of 9.0 percent and upward revisions to prior months' job gains pointed to underlying strength in the labor market.
The US unemployment rate fell to a 2-1/2 year low of 8.6 percent in November and companies stepped up hiring, further evidence the economic recovery was gaining momentum.
The Federal Reserve pointed to turmoil in Europe as a big risk to the US economy, leaving the door open to a further easing of monetary policy even as it noted some improvement in the US labor market.
Falling birth rates will slow the world's Muslim population growth over the next two decades, reducing it on average from 2.2 percent a year in 1990-2010 to 1.5 percent a year from now until 2030, a new study says.
China's central bank raised interest rates, its second increase in just over a month, intensifying its fight against stubbornly high inflation.
The White House said the US unemployment rate was unacceptably high while trying to put a brave face on a report that showed employers hired far fewer workers than expected in May.
Chile's central bank is seen raising its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.50 percent at February's monetary policy meeting, and then again in March to 3.75 percent, a monthly central bank poll of analysts showed.
While addressing the claims of unionists who were asking for subsidies similar to those put in place by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Brazilian President Dilma Roussed replied by assuring that Argentina’s annual inflation rate is 20 percent.
Mexico's jobless rate rose in August, breaking a five-month streak of declines and adding to expectations of a deceleration in Latin America's second-largest economy in the second half of 2012.
The Weinstein Co. said it has decided to release its documentary "Bully" without a US film rating after failing to persuade the Motion Picture Association of America to change to one that is less restrictive.