Argentine economic activity rises 2.9% in July

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina’s economic activity grew 2.9% in July compared with the same month last year, official data showed on Wednesday.

The figure for Latin America’s third-largest economy came in below the 3.3% figure projected by analysts polled by Reuters.

(Reporting by Hernan Nessi and Kylie Madry; Editing by Leslie Adler)