[HIGHLIGHTS] January inflation: Argentine economists are more optimistic than the IMF

January inflation: Argentine economists are more optimistic than the IMF. Local consulting firms see it below 20%.

The Fund anticipates that it will be above 25%. . Private consulting firms predict a slowdown in inflation in January, which will bring that month's figure to 20%. Although the index is still very high, it is 5.5 percentage points below the level that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) had presented last December. January inflation was conditioned by a high statistical drag, close to 9% after the 25.5% in December.