Bevacqua

He wanted more information about the bakeries where price surveyors were tallying the price of bread, for instance, because he said he knew of bakeries that were selling it for less, Ms. Bevacqua says.

Economists Quake as Argentina Votes Matt Moffett 2011

The 1984 National League-champion San Diego Padres gave the DH position to their offensively challenged reserve infielder Kurt Bevacqua, only to watch him become their best hitter in the series.

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Ms. Bevacqua, who is a mathematician rather than an economist, has had to look outside Argentina to find consulting work, she says, because prospective employers have felt pressure not to hire her.

Economists Quake as Argentina Votes Matt Moffett 2011

The index "wasn't exactly the Sistine chapel" prior to the changes, the government's initial replacement for Ms. Bevacqua, Beatriz Paglieri , said during a recent seminar.

Economists Quake as Argentina Votes Matt Moffett 2011

Ms. Bevacqua, then overseeing the index, said she started getting calls from a Kirchner operative named Guillermo Moreno, the chief of Internal Commerce, whose intense style has earned him the nickname El Loco, or the Crazyman.

Economists Quake as Argentina Votes Matt Moffett 2011

Ms. Bevacqua now runs the economic research project, Buenos Aires City, which measures consumer prices with the help of volunteers from the School of Economics at the University of Buenos Aires.

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Ms. Bevacqua said she was bullied and received threatening calls at her home.

Argentina Fines Firms Over Inflation Data Taos Turner 2011

The government has imposed similar fines against Estudio Bein & Asociados, Finsoport, MyS Consultores, GRA Consultoras and former Indec official Graciela Bevacqua , who used to oversee Indec's consumer price index.

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On Tuesday, Graciela Bevacqua, who was once responsible for running Indec's consumer price index, received a notice that she had been fined 500,000 pesos $125,000.

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Graciela Bevacqua , who oversaw the government's inflation index before getting forced out in early 2007 by Mrs. Kirchner's late husband and predecessor, Néstor, nearly comes to tears when she talks about the strains caused by the criminal charges and other government legal actions.

Economists Quake as Argentina Votes Matt Moffett 2011