Money

Corralito

US Dollar/Argentinian Peso (USD/ARS)...
Aug 1992: 1.00
Aug 2002: 2.92
Aug 2012: 4.84
Aug 2013: 5.67
Aug 2014: 8.40
Aug 2015: 9.30
Aug 2016: 14.93
Aug 2017: 17.34
Aug 2018: 41.57
Today: 62 pic.twitter.com/WRmh2KRWJQ

— Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) August 13, 2019

Inflation

wbstats::wb_search("inflation")
inflation <- wb_data("FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG", start_date = 1960, end_date = 2020)

inflation %>% 
  filter(country %in% c("Germany", "United States", "Italy")) %>% 
  select(country, date, inflation = FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG) %>% 
  ggplot(aes(x = date, y = inflation, col = country)) +
  geom_line() +
  theme_light()

Figure 1: Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)