BCRA and INDEC time series without downloading spreadsheets: CPI, EMAE, reserves, wages and interest rates from your assistant
An economic analyst's work in Argentina almost always starts the same way: open the website of the BCRA (the central bank), download the main variables spreadsheet, go to INDEC (the national statistics institute) for the CPI and the EMAE, paste everything into a sheet and only then start thinking. Argentina Data MCP gives Claude or ChatGPT direct access to more than 32,000 series from official bodies: the BCRA variables and the national open data portal, with more than 40 agencies (INDEC, the Secretaría de Hacienda (the Treasury Secretariat), the IMF and others). You search for a series by text, view its metadata and pull it for the period you need.
INDEC's national CPI (IPC, the consumer price index) comes in the same day it is released, so you can ask for the current month's figure without waiting for the portal to update. Every series comes with its source, frequency, date range, latest value and update date, so you know whether you are looking at current or stale data. Foreign trade has its own query, by partner country and by NCM tariff code (the Mercosur Common Nomenclature).
What you solve with one question
Find the exact series before using it
There are several reserves series: gross, net, in different units. Before charting you need to know which is which. Search by text and ask for the metadata: the assistant tells you the source, the frequency, how far back the data goes and the latest value for each candidate.
Find the BCRA international reserves series and tell me, for each one, the frequency, the source and the date of the latest data point.
Pull the full CPI for the period you need
You want the historical national CPI series for a report, with month-over-month and year-over-year changes, without building the formula by hand. The assistant pulls it from the official source for the range you ask for and builds both columns.
Get me INDEC's monthly national CPI from January 2020 through the latest available data, with month-over-month and year-over-year changes.
Cross two series in a single question
Activity against inflation, wages against the CPI, interest rates against the dollar. Instead of aligning two spreadsheets with different frequencies, ask for both series and the comparison in the same message.
Compare the monthly change in the EMAE with monthly inflation over the last 24 months and flag the months when activity grew faster than inflation.
Foreign trade by partner and by product
You need how much was exported to a country, by which chapters, and the trade balance for the period. The foreign trade query crosses product and partner with INDEC's monthly data and returns the table.
How much did Argentina export to Brazil in 2025, broken down by NCM chapter, and what was the trade balance with Brazil that year?
Historical exchange rate gap without building it by hand
For a gap chart you need two dollar rates on the same dates. Ask for the history of both and the calculation, and the assistant returns the gap series ready to paste.
Give me the MEP and official dollar rates for the last business day of each month since January 2023 and calculate the percentage gap for each month.
The data you care about
Economic indicators (BCRA, INDEC)
Argentina economic data today: BCRA reserves, EMAE, interest rates and wages from your AI assistant
Inflation (INDEC CPI)
Argentina's cumulative inflation in 2026 and the INDEC CPI from your AI assistant
Dollar rates
Dollar rate in Argentina today: official, blue, MEP and CCL from your AI assistant
Foreign trade
Argentina's exports and imports by product and by country, from your AI assistant
2022 Census
Argentina's 2022 Census data by province, department and census tract, plus the profile of any area, from your AI assistant
Tools that answer it
You ask in plain language and your assistant picks the tool. The names are listed so you can recognize them in the answer:
series32,000+ time series from official organizations (INDEC, BCRA, Treasury, IMF…): CPI, economic activity, reserves, foreign trade, wages.
series_searchFree-text search across the unified catalog: BCRA plus the datos.gob.ar portal (40+ official organizations).
series_metadataSeries metadata: source, frequency, date range, latest value.
dolar_historicoHistorical evolution of the 7 dollar exchange rates since 2020.
dolar_cotizacionesCurrent exchange rates: official, Banco Nación (BNA) board rate, blue (parallel), MEP, CCL, wholesale, crypto, card.
comercio_exteriorExports, imports and trade balance: by country, by HS chapter or product-partner cross. HS granularity 2-8 digits. Monthly INDEC data since 2002 (granular) / 1990 (aggregate).
comparador_historicoBetaCompare today's economy vs N months ago: dollar, FX gap, reserves, BADLAR rate, inflation and activity in one call.
resumen_economico_semanalBetaWeekly economic digest: dollar, central bank indicators, inflation, foreign trade and the week's tax regulations.
censo_market_research2022 Census data: population, housing and area segmentation for market research.
Tools marked Beta are included in the Pro plan (ARS 1,100 per month). The Free plan includes every stable tool.
Frequently asked questions
Which series are available?
More than 32,000 series from official bodies: the BCRA variables (reserves, interest rates such as BADLAR, monetary base, exchange rate) and the national open data portal with more than 40 agencies, including INDEC (CPI, EMAE, wages, construction, industry), the Secretaría de Hacienda (the Treasury Secretariat) and the IMF. The catalog also includes the expectations from the BCRA's REM survey, flagged as projections rather than observed data.
Is the CPI available the day INDEC publishes it?
Yes. The national CPI is usually loaded the same day it is released, directly from INDEC's publication, without waiting for the open data portal to update.
How do I know whether a series is up to date?
Every answer reports the update date and whether the data is current or stale. The series metadata also shows the frequency and the date range, so you can rule out a discontinued series before using it.
Can I take the data into a spreadsheet?
The assistant returns the table in the chat and you copy it into your spreadsheet. The values are the ones the agency publishes, so you can cite them with the original source.
How much does it cost?
The Free plan gives you 20 queries per day, 100 per week and 300 per month, with no credit card, and includes series, metadata, search, exchange rates and foreign trade. The Pro plan, at ARS 1,100 per month, adds the beta tools: the comparator that shows how the economy changed versus N months ago and the weekly economic summary.
Get started in two minutes
- Create your free account with Google: 20 queries per day, no card required.
- Connect Argentina Data to your assistant following the step-by-step guide for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or VS Code.
- Ask the question the way you would ask a person. The assistant picks the tool and answers citing the source.