National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina 2.42

National Statistics and Censuses Institute is the Argentine government agency responsible for the collection and processing of statistical data. The institute also analyses economic and social indicators such as inflation rate, consumer price index and unemployment, among others.FunctionsThe INDEC is supervised by different federal agencies, and is under the direct oversight of the Secretaría de Programación Económica y Regional of the Ministerio de Economía y Producción .The INDEC coordinates the Sistema Estadístico Nacional through which the national, provincial and local statistical services work together. Each provincial government has a statistics bureau called Dirección de Estadística, that collects and processes information.The Argentine Constitution does not provide for a national census. These were conducted only generationally until 1947, and roughly every decade since then. National censuses were taken in 1869, 1895, 1914, 1947, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1991, 2001, and 2010.Demographic and economic information is permanently updated with off-year censuses, such as the Economic and Agricultural Censuses, and the sampled surveys published in Encuesta Permanente de Hogares ; which are delivered every 6 months. Monthly releases include figures on inflation, employment, trade balances, industrial production, construction, retail sales, and GDP.