Another Change at INDEC (1)

Beatriz Paglieri, the head of price measurements at INDEC, Argentina’s economic statistics bureau, has been removed in an apparent attempt by the new president to wipe the slate clean at the troubled organization. Paglieri was appointed by Guillermo Moreno, minister of interior commerce earlier this year. Many critics say the move was an attempt by the government to place one of their own in the organization to help dress up the official inflation figures, which, according to lower-ranked INDEC employees, dramatically understated the real numbers. A search for a replacement is underway.