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One of the main risks afflicting the Argentine economy is the rapid growth of fiscal spending, which, together with a lax monetary policy and virtually no access to voluntary financing—either...

It is hard to imagine an external environment more favorable for Argentina. First, the global recovery is being driven by emerging economies with growing commodity demand. This keeps ...

Amid official euphoria regarding the result of the debt swap (and despite the tribulations of Europe and the volatility in global financial markets), the economy of Argentina is performing ...

The Bicentennial celebrations find Argentina in a very peculiar situation. The economy is not in a crisis, but the economic future is uncertain. Unlike in 1910, when the Republic commemorated...

Argentina’s GDP is growing at a dramatic pace. During the last three quarters, real GDP has been expanding at an 8% annualized rate. The main drivers are the reversion of the demand ...

The government confirmed that it presented the economic offer of the debt swap to the SEC. Unless some unexpected force majeure surprises the market, the swap is as good as a done ...

After comings and goings it seems that the ship is finally arriving at the harbor. The SEC publicly acknowledged last Thursday the reception of Argentina’s macro risk presentation ...

As we write, it is not clear that the Senate will give its approval to DNU 2010/09, the decree of necessity and urgency issued by the government in December of last year to set up ...

Yesterday, the rumor of an imminent resignation of economic minister Amado Boudou affected negatively market expectations. Frictions with secretary of commerce Guillermo Moreno regarding ...

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced yesterday that Mercedes Marcó del Pont, the head of Banco Nación Argentina, will be the new president of the Central Bank after the ...

Everyone agrees: the main issues for this year are how and when the government will tap financial markets to close its financing gap and how much inflation will accelerate before the ...

Alleged delays in the implementation of the “Bicentennial Debt Fund” (BDF) by the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) caused President Cristina F. de Kirchner, to ask Martín Redrado, ...

The government announced the creation of the US$6bn “Bicentennial Debt Fund” (BDF), made of one third of “excess international reserves,” which are being pledged to secure Argentina’s ...

With the worst of the global crisis behind, Argentina’s near-term macroeconomic outlook is beginning to look a lot better than it did only three months ago. Paradoxically, while this ...