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Inflation in Argentina set to hit 95 per cent

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A fish store worker places 4-figure prices on produce Source: AAP / Natacha Pisarenko/AP

The rising cost of living is a problem here in Australia - but it's not a patch on the problem in Argentina in South America, one of the world's worst-hit countries. After years of turbulence, the economy there is once again in free fall, with inflation set to hit nearly 95 per cent by the end of the year.


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The rising cost of living is a problem here in Australia - but it's not a patch on the problem in Argentina in South America, one of the world's worst-hit countries. After years of turbulence, the economy there is once again in free fall, with inflation set to hit nearly 95 per cent by the end of the year.



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