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    Economy Argentine shopkeepers struggle to keep pace with soaring prices (The Independent - Ireland)

    Argentine shopkeepers struggle to keep pace with soaring prices Sonia AVALOS Nov 24, 2023 Annual inflation is already at 143 percent, and prices have risen further after the outgoing government this week eased price controls on basic goods Paola Basso sighs as she hastily sticks price tags...
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    Economy What Would Dollarization Mean for Expats?

    I’ll just leave this here and then show myself out. The amount of nonsense and vitriol I’m expecting is past the roof. In June, I asked what I thought was an innocent question: “What Would Dollarization Mean for Expats?” I got many great responses, but I also got idiotic responses that don’t...
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    Economy Argentina 2022 - 2032

    First, I'd like to say I've been in and out of Argentina for over a decade. I'm not one of those starry eyed gringos that comes to Argentina for a month, never leaves Puerto Madero and thinks everything is great. I don't underestimate the ability of Argentina and their politicians to screw...
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    Economy Stock market collapse

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-12/argentina-s-46-stock-rout-second-biggest-in-past-70-years What is happening in Argentina now is just a harbinger for a much worse scenario in the coming year . I do not believe that most expats realise how bad it will get there in Buenos Aires...
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    Newcomer Store Closings: Ralph Lauren, Cartier, Escada, & Zenga

    Not that I shop at any of the stores listed in the "Title", but these stores, Ralph Lauren, Cartier, Escada, & Zenga, have all closed up Argentine operations for the foreseeable future due to the inability of them to get their merchandise into the country. I like to take clients into the Ralph...
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