News of policy

CENTRAL BANK

Sandleris asks for 'basic consensus' to ensure Argentina grows

16-10-2019 08:29 "If we manage to build basic consensus, our economy can leave behind instability and crisis, so that we can begin to grow steadily and begin to lower inflation," declares Central Bank chief.

BLOOMBERG

Alberto Fernández aiming for higher tax take from wealthy individuals

30-09-2019 07:00 “Companies pay taxes, not individual persons. They do not pay for their wealth. And that must be changed,” Fernández said. “So what we have to do is focus on those taxpayers and ask them to help."

ELECTION 2019

Alberto Fernández heads to Bolivia, Peru to meet leaders

19-09-2019 19:37 Frente de Todos frontrunner will meet with presidents Evo Morales and Martín Vizcarra for talks during two-day trip.

BLOOMBERG

Central Bank raises rate floor to 78% as prices soar

18-09-2019 21:27 The rate floor will lower to 68% for all of October, while Central Bank officials project that Argentina’s monetary base will grow at a monthly rate of 2.5% in September and October.

BLOOMBERG

With controls in place, Central Bank cuts 85% rate, buys dollars

18-09-2019 14:08 Institution's move to choke off dollars hands peso some breathing room, with Central Bank buying dollars for first time in seven months.

DIPLOMACY

Alberto Fernández renews contact with key foreign embassiess

17-09-2019 17:30 Frente de Todos presidential frontrunner and his team of advisers look to renew contact with key foreign embassies and diplomats, including the United States, the United Kingdom and members of the European Union.

by Aurelio Tomás

ECONOMIC POLICY

Argentina must drive demand to boost economy, says Alberto Fernández

09-09-2019 07:30 Frente de Todos leader says businesses who risk capital need their investments to pay off because that creates jobs. But those investments won’t happen if there is poverty, he explains in an interview.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

New Central Bank survey predicts 55% inflation in 2019

04-09-2019 09:46 GDP anticipated to contract by 2.5% this year, survey of economists and consultancy firms reveals.

BLOOMBERG

Bond investors keen to hear from Alberto Fernández's economic advisors

27-08-2019 12:24 Money managers including BlackRock, Goldman Sachs and others have made contact with advisers to Alberto Fernández, with some pleasantly surprised by what they've heard.

CHANGE AT THE TREASURY

Peso stability a priority, declares new Finance Minister Hernán Lacunza

20-08-2019 13:46 "Guaranteeing the exchange rate is a first-order objective," says Lacunza, who also promises that Argentina would keep 2019 fiscal targets set in alignment with IMF.

GLOBAL ECONOMY

US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for first time since 2008

31-07-2019 16:49 The US Federal Reserve cut the benchmark lending rate on Wednesday for the first time in more than a decade, moving to stimulate the economy after a year of sustained pressure from President Donald Trump.

AS I SEE IT

And still they keep coming

06-07-2019 10:46 It is not “racist” to feel it would be disastrous for one’s own country to become more like those immigrants want to leave behind.

by James Neilson

US MIDTERMS

A blue House ain’t strong enough to see off Trump’s foreign policy

10-11-2018 09:26 With the Democrats reflecting a diverse electorate, the Republican Party has instead reshaped itself into a Trumpian version of the traditionally conservative GOP.

by Carolina Barros

TECHNOLOGY AND THE MEDIA

Fake news and the online battle for the truth

01-09-2018 08:41 The rise of the Internet and social media has dramatically altered access to information across the globe. But it has also increased the proliferation of false information, with some experts fearing we have entered a new ‘posttruth’ age.

IMMIGRATION AND THE UNITED STATES

Deadline to reunite immigrant families rapidly approaching

07-07-2018 09:55 Donald Trump won the US presidential race with the most anti-immigration platform witnessed in the United States in decades.

EDITORIAL

Editorial: Empowerment over eviction

14-04-2018 10:47 Politics regarding slums were always controversial. What should the government do about them?

RIGHT ON REVOLT

The man on the Right has a job on the Left

24-03-2018 12:13 If you were to argue before an audience that some major political changes of the 20th century had come from the Right, you might have to leave the room in haste under a barrage of unfriendly remarks from the leftist representation.

by Andrew Graham-Yooll

LOBBYING AND BILATERAL RELATIONS

New pro-Argentina initiatives spring up in Washington

24-02-2018 12:40 Macri administration's reset with the United States backed by series of new programmes and schemes, yet questions remain over lobbying.

by Santiago del Carril

UNITED STATES AND GUN VIOLENCE

Murder, outrage, then impasse: gun crime’s repeating cycle in the US

17-02-2018 13:25 Is the US ready to adopt major new reforms to stop tragedies?