Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI-Cost of living) rose 4.8% during March, 1.2 percentage points above February's 3.6%, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) announced Thursday.

Last year Argentina's central bank raised its main rate of interest to 75% as it tries to rein in the soaring cost of living. The monthly figure marks a small victory for the government of ...

Last year Argentina's central bank raised its main rate of interest to 75% as it tries to rein in the soaring cost of living. On a monthly basis, Argentina's monthly inflation rate stood at 5.1% ...

Rising transportation costs are one element of the drastic increase in the cost of living in Argentina, where, according to some estimates, half of the population lives below the poverty line.