A question of margins: PASOs to offer reality check
Domestic and international observers fear economic backlash, should Alberto Fernández finish more than five points ahead of President Macri and his allies in this weekend’s primaries.
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“The widely accepted view is that markets will tolerate a five-percent disadvantage for President Macri” on expectations that re- newed growth will help him revert the deficit, said Siobhan Morden, head of fixed income strategy for Latin America at Amherst Pier- pont Securities.
Here are some of the scenarios:
- Balancing act: four to six points
Should Fernández win by a four to six-per- centage-point margin, the Central Bank will continue its current balancing act – defending the peso with high real interest rates, while trying not to stifle the incipient economic re- covery.
- Rally: less than four points
A narrow difference in favour of Fernández could trigger a rally on speculation that re- newed economic growth will enable Macri to revert the gap.
- Slump: more than six points
“A shortfall of more than six to seven per- centage points relative to Mr. Fernandez could prove an insurmountable obstacle, especially in a highly divisive and polarised political environment,” Goldman Sachs analysts led by Alberto Ramos said in a recent report. “The likely negative market reaction in that scena- rio would certainly complicate the president’s task.”
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