Argentina on the verge of recession: GDP may fall for the second quarter followed

Exame reports that Argentina's economy may be on the verge of recession, with gross domestic product potentially contracting for a second consecutive quarter, the conventional technical definition of recession. The headline does not specify the magnitude of the decline or the underlying drivers, so the reported signal rests on the expectation of two negative quarters rather than on confirmed national accounts. The market transmission runs primarily through growth expectations and sovereign risk: a recession call tends to widen Argentine sovereign spreads, pressure the peso through reduced capital inflows, and weigh on domestic equities and local-currency bonds, as investors reprice both the earnings outlook and the fiscal capacity to service debt. Argentine sovereign dollar bonds, the peso and the Merval index are the most directly exposed, with banks and consumer-facing companies sensitive to a domestic demand slowdown. The next concrete catalyst is INDEC's quarterly GDP release, which will confirm or refute the contraction and show whether the decline is broad-based or concentrated in specific sectors.

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