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Don’t believe the data, Argentina is in deep recession

While official data suggest that GDP grew by 2.6% y/y in Q1, our Argentina Activity Indicator suggests the economy actually contracted at an annual pace of 7.8%. We think GDP will shrink by 8% this year and will do no better than simply stagnate in 2010, although this is unlikely to be reflected in government statistics.

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