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Venezuela, Argentina, Turkey Are The Most Vulnerable To Risks Facing EMs: S&P
For the world’s emerging market nations, the period since the 2008 financial crisis has been, overall, conducive to economic growth, as a result of easy global credit conditions and, for commodity exporters, positive price developments. Now, though, at least three major risks are combining to provide for a much darker outlook, according to an article published … Continue reading
Despite Elections, Argentina’s Economic Trajectory Is Set
Regardless of election outcomes in October, Argentina’s next government will begin liberalizing its economy, potentially loosening restrictions on the repatriation of funds, reducing the enforcement of price controls and reducing subsidies. Despite slight changes to Argentina’s regulatory framework, the government will continue to bar some investment and businesses to stem capital flight and to maintain … Continue reading
In Argentina, The Sun Is Finally Setting On The Kirchner Era
Argentina’s open presidential primary is over, and the stage is now set for the election in October. With the current president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, constitutionally barred from running again, the autumn poll looks set to be a fight between Argentina’s two main political coalitions. On the left is Daniel Scioli, the current governor of … Continue reading
Argentina Printing To Pay The Bills, Inflates Money Supply To New Record
By Belén Marty The Central Bank of Argentina released record-setting figures this month: the monetary base is now at AR$510.5 billion, swelling 10 percent since the start of the year. The central government has used this substantial expansion — comprised of banknotes in circulation, cash in financial entities, and demand deposits in checking accounts — to finance its large fiscal … Continue reading
Argentina’s Debt Situation Is Unsustainable
By Stratfor Global Intelligence Whoever wins Argentina’s presidential election, the next administration will be conditioned by Argentina’s debt burden. Repairing its standing in international financial markets has been important for Argentina for more than a decade. However, dwindling cash reserves and a return to default in 2014 because of extended litigation with holdout lenders has added … Continue reading
Argentine President Fernández Indicted In Alleged Cover-Up Of Iran’s Involvement In 1994 Bombing
A federal prosecutor in Argentina – Gerardo Pollicita – has revived the late Alberto Nisman’s startling accusations with an indictment on Friday that seeks to charge President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and other politicians with trying to cover up Iran’s involvement in the bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in 1994. Pollicita looks to … Continue reading
The Politicization Of The AMIA Investigation: Pretext For Regime Change In Argentina?
By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya History has a strange way of replicating itself. Argentina has been going through a process similar to the post-1999 years, after Boris Yeltsin stepped down and Vladimir Putin took his place in the Kremlin as the president of the Russian Federation. While it has been struggling to throw off the foreign … Continue reading
Why Argentina Must Learn The Virtues Of Economic Orthodoxy
By Adrián Ravier Orthodoxy is, according to the first definition of the Royal Spanish Academy, “conformity with generally accepted doctrines or practices.” Those in the economics profession and academic discipline have reached a broad consensus about the importance of fiscal balance (in public finances), monetary stability (in macroeconomics, and in the sub-discipline of monetary theory), … Continue reading
Argentina’s Central Bank Tightens Foreign Exchange Rules
Argentina’s Central Bank, El Banco Central (BCRA), has issued regulatory changes to limit foreign exchange outflows, according to a report on Friday from Argentine business newspaper El Cronista. According to the report, the new changes will allow companies to have 120 days to enter their imports into the country after having paid for them, compared to 365 days … Continue reading
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