Although it grew 2.9% in January, economic activity slows down

In January 2023,

while it expanded 0.3% compared to December in the seasonally adjusted measurement, as reported by INDEC this afternoon.

In this way,

since it had closed last year with growth of 5.2%. For this year, the projections of private analysts point to a drop in activity of between 1 and 5%. , despite the fact that the Government insists that there will be a growth of 2%,

In relation to the same month of 2022,

, among which Fishing (+81.2%), Mining and quarrying (+11.5%) stand out ) and Hotels and restaurants (+8.6%).

However, the Manufacturing industry sector (+7.1%) was the one with the greatest positive incidence in the interannual variation of the EMAE, followed by Wholesale, retail and repair trade (+5.2%).

For its part, the impact of the drought was felt in January.

The Agriculture, livestock, hunting and forestry sector was the only one that registered a drop in the interannual comparison, with a loss of 15.5% interannual.

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