Econviews Monthly July 23, 2021 Argentina: Special Analysis on Lithium in Argentina Economics, Argentina, Emerging Markets Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Miguel A. Kiguel, Lorena Giorgio, Isaías Marini I. The economy and the elections: playing poker with no aces? The electoral calendar is moving ahead, and soon we will know the candidates for the primaries that will take place on September 12th. These elections are important. They should... Read More...
The Week at a Glance July 19, 2021 Argentina: The “Cepo” Reloaded Economics, Argentina, Emerging Markets Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Miguel A. Kiguel, Lorena Giorgio, Isaías Marini Last weekend the Central Bank and the Securities Commission tightened exchange restrictions, putting more limits on the operation with the most traded sovereign bonds, which are usually used by firms to buy dollars. In addition, it was sought to... Read More...
The Week at a Glance July 12, 2021 Argentina: Mercosur, in intensive care Economics, Argentina, Emerging Markets Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Miguel A. Kiguel, Lorena Giorgio, Isaías Marini Editorial Uruguay has officially said it would seek unilateral trade agreements with other parties. It was a low-risk bet considering how things had been going in Mercosur. It is an open secret that the Uruguayans wanted to have... Read More...
The Week at a Glance July 5, 2021 Argentina: Cash, Ideology and the Golden Geese Economics, Argentina Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Miguel A. Kiguel, Lorena Giorgio, Isaías Marini Cash, Ideology and the Golden Geese The government made three decisions in recent days that in the short term won’t change anyone’s life, much less the urban middle class, but that can have potentially negative effects in the... Read More...
The Week at a Glance June 28, 2021 Argentina: The Descent Into Insignificance and the (Long) Road to Recovery Economics, Argentina Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Miguel A. Kiguel, Lorena Giorgio, Isaías Marini Argentina backed down two categories in the world of financial investments. It is now a “stand alone” market, which could be interpreted in a free translation as “unclassifiable”. Or, more formally, “independent”, although we do not know of... Read More...
Econviews Monthly June 23, 2021 Argentina: Special Analysis on the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate Economics, Argentina, Emerging Markets Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Miguel A. Kiguel, Lorena Giorgio, Isaías Marini 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... Read More...
The Week at a Glance June 29, 2021 Argentina: Of Economic Programs, Jobs, and Exchange Rates Economics, Argentina Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Miguel A. Kiguel, Lorena Giorgio, Isaías Marini Lost in the... Read More...
The Week at a Glance June 23, 2021 Argentina: Of Economic Programs, Jobs, and Exchange Rates Economics, Argentina Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Miguel A. Kiguel, Lorena Giorgio, Isaías Marini Lost in the... Read More...
The Week at a Glance June 7, 2021 Argentina: A Small Step Economics, Argentina Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Miguel A. Kiguel, Lorena Giorgio, Isaías Marini Editorial: A Small Step The Central Bank announced last week a marginal loosening of the capital controls for exporting companies. Those who have increased the exports in 2021 compared to 2020 in the industrial, oil and gas or... Read More...
The Week at a Glance June 14, 2021 Argentina: Lost in the Jungle Economics, Argentina Alejandro Giacoia, Andrés Borenstein, Miguel A. Kiguel, Lorena Giorgio, Isaías Marini The government has failed to define an economic program. Beyond the multiple dialectical errors of the president and the curious diplomatic alignment that Argentina has been taking, the truth is that while the world is at full speed... Read More...
