report July 31, 2023 Argentina | A Last-Minute Deal with the IMF Editorial: A Last-Minute Deal with the IMF Finally, the famous “staff-level agreement” was closed and the IMF promises a disbursement of 7.5 billion dollars in August, an amount that will basically cover principal and interest payments until November. Although... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Delfina Colacilli, Miguel A. Kiguel, Pamela Morales, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report July 28, 2023 Argentina Averted the Chasm with the IMF Agreement Argentina Averted the Chasm with the IMF Agreement, Though Fragility Is Still the Name of the Game The economic discussions have been dominated by the day-to-day developments in the negotiations between Argentina and the IMF. The other key piece... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Delfina Colacilli, Miguel A. Kiguel, Pamela Morales, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report July 24, 2023 Argentina | Distortions Upon Distortions to Muddle Through Editorial: Distortions Upon Distortions to Muddle Through The government continues negotiating with the IMF, but there is nothing concrete yet. Econviews' thesis is that one way or another there will be an agreement such that at least the IMF... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Delfina Colacilli, Miguel A. Kiguel, Pamela Morales, Rafael Aguilar EconViews, Speevr Intelligence
report June 23, 2021 Argentina: Special Analysis on the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate A Soft Transition to the Elections: The Calm That Precedes the Storm? I. Can anything go wrong before the elections? It seems that the government has enough instruments to maintain key economic variables under control until the elections. The official... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report May 31, 2021 Argentina: Leliqs Are Out, Bonds Are in, a Substitution with Impact Editorial: Leliqs Are Out, Bonds Are in, a Substitution with Impact Last Thursday, the Central Bank decided to change its reserve requirements policy. From now on it gives banks the option to use sovereign bonds with a maturity above... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report May 26, 2021 Argentina: Special Analysis on the Argentine Banking System In Search of a Program: Hope in Paris, Not So Much in Buenos Aires I. Politics and economic decisions Who is in command? This is a critical question when it comes to economic policies. Minister Guzman is formally the Minister... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report May 26, 2021 Argentina: The Same Mistake Time After Time Editorial: The Same Mistake Time After Time Argentina continues to stumble over the same stone. It is often said that no single instrument can be used to solve many problems. But sometimes just one policy error creates a lot... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report May 17, 2021 Argentina: The Paris Club and the Fund – Parallel Lives Editorial: The Paris Club and the Fund: Parallel Lives Argentina is trying not to default with the Paris Club. That is good news because it implies that at the end of the day there is an interest in maintaining... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report May 3, 2021 Argentina: Poverty, the Most Important Deficit Editorial: The Eleventh Hour This week Argentina will make a payment of 300 million dollars to the IMF in interest, but it will not pay the Paris Club instalment of almost 2.5 billion that is also due in May.... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report April 27, 2021 Argentina: Luck Alone Is Not Good Enough Editorial: Luck Alone Is Not Good Enough The government is lucky. Last week soybean price touched USD 565 per ton, the highest record since November 1, 2012. At that price, soybeans are only 14% from the maximum of USD 650... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report April 22, 2021 Special Analysis on Recent IMF Programs and What They Imply Argentina I. The economic scenario before and after the elections and the role of the IMF It is increasingly clear that the government is taking every economic decision with an eye on the election and that the 4.8% March inflation rate... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report April 19, 2021 Argentina: From Gloom to Doom Editorial: From Gloom to Doom The measures announced this week, aimed at containing the impacts of Covid’s second wave, come at a bad time, beyond the controversy with education or institutional issues regarding Buenos Aires autonomy. The last two... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report April 5, 2021 Argentina: Poverty, the Most Important Deficit Editorial: Poverty, the Most Important Deficit In line with expectations, The Statistics Agency announced that 42% of Argentines are below the poverty line. The data correspond to the second semester of last year and marked a rise of 1.5... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report March 30, 2021 Argentina: Another Episode in The IMF Soap Opera Editorial: Another Episode in The IMF Soap Opera The International Monetary Fund’s soap opera with Argentina seems to have a lot of rating. The producers told the writers to keep adding characters and plots. It seems that there is... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report March 23, 2021 Argentina: Tax Policy Has Gone Bananas Few things reflect a divergence from normal countries’ policy choices than the proposals to modify the Income tax that are in Congress. We have already discussed in this report about the regressiveness of the elimination of Income tax for... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report March 22, 2021 Argentina: The Month at a Glance RECENT DEVELOPMENTS • With an USD 1.9 trillion relief bill and full vaccination as early as June, the US is set for a stronger than expected recovery in 2021. International markets remain bullish, but inflation anxiety is on the... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report March 16, 2021 Can Argentina End Up In Another Debt Restructuration? Editorial: Can Argentina End Up In Another Debt Restructuration? With Argentine bond yields approaching 20% a year, some begin to wonder if Argentina will have to restructure its debt again, despite the fact that the agreement with bondholders was... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report March 9, 2021 Argentina: The First Two Months in Black and White Already in March we can make a preliminary balance of what the summer is leaving us. The best part came from the macroeconomic side. With the price of soybeans firm around USD 500 per ton and the prospects of... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report March 1, 2021 Argentina: The Summer Ends Without Surprises Contrary to what the turbulent Argentine history of summer crises could foretell, the summer is ending more calmly than expected. The exchange rate spreads fell, the dollar did not jump sharply and activity is on course for a recovery... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report February 23, 2021 Argentina: Glass Half Empty or Half Full? Special Analysis on the Provinces’ Fiscal and Debt Situation We are happy to celebrate the 200 th edition of Econviews’ monthly report. Appropriately, our first edition in September 2003 centered on the ongoing debt restructuration, while our 100 th... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report February 22, 2021 Argentina: The Wrong Medicine Against Inflation Controlling inflation has become a priority for the government on the road to elections. The high records of December and January, which are unlikely to recede much in February, have accelerated the search for recipes that help lower inflation.... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report February 17, 2021 Argentina: Income Tax Populism Last week, the government presented a bill to modify the income tax paid by individuals that is a step back from many angles. The central idea is that just over half of the salaried workers who today pay the... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report February 8, 2021 Argentina: Never Ending Restrictions Since November 2011, Argentina has lived with financial restrictions except for three and a half years, from the beginning of 2016 to September 2019. The perspective is that it will have many more years of exchange restrictions, at least... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report February 1, 2021 Argentina: The Tailwind and the Deficit With the vaccination processes underway in most of the world, the general feeling is that the worst of the pandemic is behind us, although there is a way to go that will probably take much of 2021. The world... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews
report January 25, 2021 Argentina: Watch Out for the Summer! Those who are "at-risk groups" will remember February 6, 1989: that day the Plan Primavera in times of José Luis Machinea and Juan Sourrouille blew up. Convertibility began in April 1991 and was the product of a difficult summer.... By Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Isaías Marini, Lorena Giorgio, Miguel A. Kiguel, Rafael Aguilar EconViews