Argentina’s inflation rate finally falls
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🗓️ 13 March 2024
⏱️ 9 minutes
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From the BBC World Service: Argentina’s inflation — the world’s highest — has slowed down from 20.6% in January to 13.2% in February. Then, hundreds of U.K. post office managers were wrongly prosecuted after faulty computer software calculated that money was missing from their branches. Today, the government will introduce legislation to quash the convictions. And businesses in Chile are preparing to cut their employees’ hours from 45 to 40 hours a week following a new law.
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| 0:46.8 | series. We took you to places characterized by researchers as news deserts to |
| 0:51.8 | see what communities stand to lose when they're without a local new as news |
| 0:54.9 | ecosystem to see what communities stand to lose when they're without a local news ecosystem |
| 0:55.8 | especially during an election year. This kind of reporting takes resources. |
| 0:59.8 | David Brancaccio went on a six-day reporting trip with two of our producers |
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| 1:21.2 | Jock therapy has slowed inflation in Argentina but at a cost. |
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