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Tearing apart the rag trade

07-02-2026 07:18 Statements by Caputo and Adorni do not come out of nowhere but need to be seen as a continuation of the battle between a libertarian government intent on opening up the economy and an entrenched industrial sector.

The doors of Toto Caputo’s parallel realities

06-02-2026 11:14 Disassociation from reality has its impact on the markets and on politics.

by Javier Calvo

Milei pushes dollar loans for all, ending a taboo in Argentina

04-02-2026 12:51 Government intends to repeal law barring lending of dollars to those who don’t earn in US currency and change Central Bank regulations.

Milei shelves inflation revamp after statistics chief quits

02-02-2026 19:01 President Milei’s government says it’s holding off on using new methodology to measure inflation, just hours after Argentina’s chief statistician resigned from his post.

Milei still props up peso despite looser trading rules

13-01-2026 13:09 President Javier Milei is sticking with his core approach: intervene, manage and prop up the peso, in an effort to keep inflation down. 

Argentina used multilateral funds to repay US$2.5 billion US swap

12-01-2026 23:39 Milei government secured financing from an unnamed multilateral institution to repay US$2.5 billion to the US Treasury from a currency swap agreement.

Santander, BBVA, Deutsche lead US$3-billion repo for Argentina

07-01-2026 13:35 Argentina secures US$3-billion loan from a group of international banks to help cover a foreign debt payment; Central Bank reaches a one-year repurchase agreement – or repo – with lenders at rate of 7.4%.

Milei euphoria drives Argentina sovereign risk to seven-year low

05-01-2026 22:58 Investors are betting that Milei's increased support in Congress will help him push through a new wave of deregulation, overhaul labour and tax laws and cut spending.

Milei’s tactical retreat and the liquid contours of power

20-12-2025 08:48 Milei’s libertarians have grown in owned legislative muscle, they still need from circumstantial allies and provincial governors to pass legislation.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Wide open field for Milei

20-12-2025 07:44 A libertarian but not a “libertidiot,” as he likes to say, Milei seems to have picked security rather than risk for the new stage of his administration. It is a good choice.

by Marcelo J. García

Argentina moves closer to bond market return with peso pivot

16-12-2025 22:08 Central Bank will begin to gradually unwind the tight grip it keeps on the currency starting January; Officials also say they’re going to start buying dollars to boost the Central Bank’s cash stockpile.

Milei names new chief as head of ARCA tax bureau resigns

16-12-2025 08:21 Juan Pazo, head of ARCA (ex-AFIP) tax bureau steps down to return to private sector; Government names head of DGI tax inspectorate, Andrés Edgardo Vázquez, as replacement.

Argentina trims export duties for agricultural products

09-12-2025 14:28 Economy Minister Luis Caputo announces “permanent reduction” in export duties for soybeans, maize, wheat and other crops, including derivatives.

Milei cuts export taxes on Argentine soy, corn and wheat

09-12-2025 14:15 President Javier Milei’s government has reduced export duties on soybeans, corn and wheat.

Argentina readies return to foreign bond market

03-12-2025 15:46 Argentina, the serial defaulter, wants to return to international bond markets; Approval of labour and tax reforms by new Congress could be the trigger.

Milei signs deal with Chubut to scrap export duties on conventional oil

20-11-2025 16:50 National government and Chubut Province sign agreement to eliminate export duties on conventional crude oil; Province will revise royalties and companies will maintain their investments.

Libertarian bliss and Macri’s shadow

15-11-2025 05:40 Macri felt invincible in the aftermath of the 2017 midterm victory, as does the President today. But hubris is a dangerous ailment for victorious politicians.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Are second parts never any good?

15-11-2025 05:00 Ever since the petrodollars gobbled up by the 1976-1983 military dictatorship, the grim sequence of debt, default and debacle has been an all too central part of Argentina’s decline.

Milei keeps the peso from driving huge price hikes

12-11-2025 10:59 Shoppers increasingly stick to essentials and foot traffic is thinning, limiting the ability of businesses to raise prices.

Caputo tells bankers Argentina to build reserves, buy back bonds

10-11-2025 10:53 Economy Minister Luis Caputo tells investors Argentina plans to buy back sovereign bonds and start accumulating foreign reserves even while the peso trades within its band.