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Argentina: Previewing March activity: partial data suggest economy is bottoming
Sectoral data available early in the month are volatile and March was no exception. Auto output stumbled (-4.0%oya) while cement sales bounced (+5.2%oya)—the exact opposite patterns seen in February (see first and second chart below).
Meanwhile, March activity-linked tax collections looked a bit softer (3.0%oya in real terms, down from 5.0%oya in February). But March revenues appears to have genuinely rebounded (11.6%oya vs 8.9%oya in February) when the data is adjusted for its import component (because the drag from import-related revenue reflects supply problems—the binding nature of import controls—rather than softness of demand). See third chart.
Taken together this partial data provides a preview for a more comprehensive and reliable reading of the economy later in the month when a broader set of indicators, used in J.P. Morgan's Argentina activity model become available (see fourth chart).
All in all, March's available data is sending a similar message to the February data: the economy appears to be bottoming out towards the end of 1Q12. Indeed, JPMorgan's narrow activity indicator for Argentina (which anticipates the J.P. Morgan activity model estimate used to track activity trends in the absence of reliable official statistics) was up 3.4%oya in March. That metric is already adjusted for distortions produced by import controls (which are worth 0.2%-pts).
J.P. Morgan's activity model estimates for January (3.6%oya), February (3.8%oya, adjusted for import controls) alongside March's preliminary indications (also adjusted for import controls) describe an economy that slowed visibly from 4Q11 (6.1%oya) to 1Q12 (3.6%oya) while displaying a relatively steady monthly performance throughout the 1Q. This stabilization of monthly activity data offers points to a bottoming out of the economy at the end of 1Q12.
Note that these figures approximate genuine activity and that the over-reporting gap of INDEC (official statistics) averages almost 2%-pts (i.e. in January INDEC suggested 5.5%oya vs JPMorgan model estimate 3.6%oya).
Muy interesante. Hacen un análisis muy similar al que hicimos algunos acá. Además excelente como tienen en cuenta los 2 puntos que agrega el indec sobreestimando el crecimiento.
Coincido definitivamente con lo que dicen sobre lo que se ve que está sucediendo en el primer trimestre del 2012 y como parece que a fines del 2011 la economía tocó un piso y a partir de ese piso se estabilizaron los datos.
Yo que sigo con atención todos los datos que van a apareciendo observo exactamente lo mismo.