AI for journalists: Argentina's economic data today, from official sources and verifiable
You are closing a story and need a number: today's dollar rate, the gap with the official rate, this month's inflation, how much the country exported. A generic AI chat makes it up or gives you a stale figure, and you still have to verify it afterwards. Argentina Data MCP connects Claude or ChatGPT to the official sources: INDEC, the BCRA, the Boletín Oficial (Argentina's Official Gazette), InfoLeg (the national legislation database) and the DINE (the national electoral directorate) for elections, plus the dollar quotes published by Ámbito Financiero, an Argentine financial newspaper. Every figure arrives with its source and its update date, ready to cite.
It helps with the three things that eat the most time on an economics desk: getting the hard, verifiable number, putting a trend in context with the full series, and finding out what came out in the Boletín Oficial without reading the whole thing. It also compares shelf prices across supermarket chains and pulls election results by province or department.
Below are newsroom situations with the exact text you would type to your assistant once Argentina Data MCP is connected.
What you solve with one question
The number for the story, with source and time
You need today's dollar rate for the first paragraph and do not want to copy it from another outlet. Ask for it with the gap already calculated and the assistant returns each quote with its source and update time.
What are the blue, MEP and official dollar rates right now, and what is the gap for each one? Cite the source and the time of each figure.
Context for a trend
The month's CPI just came out and you want to say whether it is the highest or the lowest of the past year. Instead of downloading INDEC's spreadsheet, ask for the series: the assistant pulls it from the official source, the same day it is released, and builds the comparison.
Show me INDEC's monthly inflation for the last 12 months and the year-over-year figure. Is the latest reading the highest or the lowest of the period?
Today's Boletín Oficial, summarized
The Boletín Oficial publishes dozens of regulations a day and the ones that matter are usually three. Ask for today's, filtered by agency, and the assistant lists each one with its number, its date and a one-line summary.
What did the Boletín Oficial publish today from ARCA and the BCRA? Summarize each regulation in one line with its number and date.
Verify a regulation another outlet cites
A story cites a decree and you want to confirm it exists and what it says before repeating it. The assistant looks it up in InfoLeg by number and brings you the summary, whether it is still in force and the link to the full text on InfoLeg.
Does decree 70/2023 exist and what is it about? Look it up in InfoLeg and tell me whether it is still in force.
Shelf prices for a consumer story
You want to illustrate rising prices with a specific product across different chains. Supermarket prices update daily and the assistant identifies the cheapest and the most expensive chain for the product you ask about.
How much is 1.5 liter sunflower oil today at Carrefour, Coto and Día? Which chain is the cheapest and how big is the difference?
The data you care about
Dollar rates
Dollar rate in Argentina today: official, blue, MEP and CCL from your AI assistant
Inflation (INDEC CPI)
Argentina's cumulative inflation in 2026 and the INDEC CPI from your AI assistant
Economic indicators (BCRA, INDEC)
Argentina economic data today: BCRA reserves, EMAE, interest rates and wages from your AI assistant
Legislation and Official Gazette
Argentina's Official Gazette today and InfoLeg law search from your AI assistant
Supermarket prices
Compare supermarket prices in Argentina and see today's discounts from your AI assistant
Election results
Argentina's election results by precinct, department and province, 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:
dolar_cotizacionesCurrent exchange rates: official, Banco Nación (BNA) board rate, blue (parallel), MEP, CCL, wholesale, crypto, card.
dolar_historicoHistorical evolution of the 7 dollar exchange rates since 2020.
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).
boletin_oficial_searchOfficial Gazette publications. 27,000+ indexed notices.
comparar_precios_sepaCompare a product's price across chains. Identifies the cheapest and most expensive.
elecciones_resultadosElection results 2015-2023: national, province, department, precinct or geographic radius. 24 provinces, 12 elections.
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).
resumen_economico_semanalBetaWeekly economic digest: dollar, central bank indicators, inflation, foreign trade and the week's tax regulations.
comparador_historicoBetaCompare today's economy vs N months ago: dollar, FX gap, reserves, BADLAR rate, inflation and activity in one call.
Tools marked Beta are included in the Pro plan (ARS 1,100 per month). The Free plan includes every stable tool.
Frequently asked questions
Can I cite this data in a story?
Yes. Every answer states the agency or source and the update date. Economic series come from INDEC, the BCRA and the national open data portal; regulations come from the Boletín Oficial and InfoLeg; dollar quotes come from Ámbito Financiero. Cite the original source, not the assistant.
How far back is the Boletín Oficial indexed?
Boletín Oficial publications are indexed from October 2025 onward and can be searched by text, agency, section and date. For earlier regulations there is InfoLeg, with historical laws, decrees and resolutions.
Does it have election results?
Yes, results of the national elections from 2015 to 2023, at the national, province, department or electoral circuit (precinct) level. Useful for comparing how a district voted in two different elections or for checking a percentage cited in another story.
Is it useful for foreign trade stories?
Yes. You can ask for exports, imports and the trade balance by partner country or by product, with monthly INDEC data, for questions like how much was exported to a given country or what the month's balance was.
How much does it cost?
The Free plan gives you 20 queries per day, 100 per week and 300 per month, no card required, with dollar rates, series, Boletín Oficial, InfoLeg, prices and elections. The Pro plan, at ARS 1,100 per month, adds the beta tools: the weekly economic summary and the comparator that shows how the economy changed compared with a few months ago.
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.