News of fiscal

Milei touts 'promises kept' after rare budget surplus

18-01-2025 10:21 Economy Minister Luis Caputo confirms Argentina's budget surplus, which amounted to 0.3% of GDP, was the first since 2010.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina posts fiscal surplus after Milei’s budget cuts

17-01-2025 18:49 President Javier Milei made good on his promise to deliver a fiscal surplus in his first year, achieving a feat not seen in over a decade in Argentina’s deficit-prone economy.

BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS

Leftist leaders are failing their promises across Latin America

21-10-2024 14:20 The changing political landscape in Latin America, highlights the decline of leftist governments due to economic challenges, crime, and social reform failures, and the rise of more business-friendly, right-leaning administrations.

Politics & Economy

Leftist Uruguay presidential candidate pledges to achieve primary fiscal surplus

25-09-2024 18:12 Uruguay’s leading presidential candidate, Yamandu Orsi of the opposition Frente Amplio coalition, says he will aim for primary fiscal surplus by the end of his term if he wins the October election.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei's key reforms, 'Ley de Bases' and fiscal package, become law

08-07-2024 13:32 Day before signing of his ‘Pacto de Mayo’ in Tucumán, President Milei’s government promulgates ‘Ley de Bases’ omnibus bill and accompanying fiscal package into law.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Milei to hail fiscal surplus in prime-time address

22-04-2024 11:00 President Javier Milei set to address the nation tonight in a prime-time ‘Cadena Nacional’ national broadcast, during which he hail his government’s progress on balancing Argentina’s books.

Milei School Inauguration

Milei tells schoolchildren that abortion is 'aggravated murder' due to 'familial bond'

06-03-2024 10:58 President Javier Milei uses speech to young children at his old school to criticise "green scarf murderers," declaring abortion is "aggravated murder" because of "familial bond" between mother and foetus.

Congress & Politics

Government pulls key fiscal reforms from Omnibus bill to smooth passage

27-01-2024 11:03 Economy Minister Luis Caputo announces President Javier Milei's government will withdraw the fiscal chapter of its sweeping 'Omnibus bill' reform package to ease its passage through Congress.

Congress & Politics

Milei shelves austerity plan as Congress debates bill

27-01-2024 10:04 Main austerity measures in president's sweeping reform bill to be culled in order to get it through Congress, implying deeper spending cuts in the future.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Carlos Melconian: ‘I believe that there is an opportunity because we have touched bottom’

14-10-2023 05:53 Famous for being the “king of metaphor,” Carlos Melconian will be Argentina’s next economy minister if Patricia Bullrich wins the upcoming election. In an extensive interview he explains his integral plan for putting Argentina back on its feet.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Gabriel Rubinstein: ‘A fiscal surplus, sustained over time, is the key to start solving inflation’

14-10-2023 05:49 Argentina’s Economic Policy Secretary Gabriel Rubinstein presents the case for the ruling coalition, argues that inflation is slowing from its post-PASO devaluation-led peak and highlights the importance of the consensus implicit in all the political parties involved in the electoral race.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

BLOOMBERG

Argentina’s net reserves at record low, savings in the spotlight

10-07-2023 18:18 Argentina's Central Bank's net reserves have fallen into record negative territory, intensifying investor concerns about a possible run on the financial system.

Bloomberg

Brazil’s inflation expectations level off after fiscal plan

03-04-2023 12:08 President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s government presents a highly-anticipated fiscal rule proposal to help control the growth of public debt.

News of fiscal

Milei touts 'promises kept' after rare budget surplus

Argentina posts fiscal surplus after Milei’s budget cuts

Leftist leaders are failing their promises across Latin America

Leftist Uruguay presidential candidate pledges to achieve primary fiscal surplus

Milei's key reforms, 'Ley de Bases' and fiscal package, become law

Milei to hail fiscal surplus in prime-time address

Milei tells schoolchildren that abortion is 'aggravated murder' due to 'familial bond'

Government pulls key fiscal reforms from Omnibus bill to smooth passage

Milei shelves austerity plan as Congress debates bill

Carlos Melconian: ‘I believe that there is an opportunity because we have touched bottom’

Gabriel Rubinstein: ‘A fiscal surplus, sustained over time, is the key to start solving inflation’

Argentina’s net reserves at record low, savings in the spotlight

Brazil’s inflation expectations level off after fiscal plan

Super size peso

Can Kicillof break the spell?

‘Iron triangle’ joy as Santiago Caputo formally joins La Libertad Avanza

Milei the copycat

Karina’s cull: Milei’s campaign loyalists shut out of inner circle

Alberto Fernández: "Pasé de tibio a agresor"

"Servicio Mentirológico" y otros memes (simpáticos) por la fuerte tormenta de madrugada

Sambódromo porteño: el Gobierno de la Ciudad mudará al autódromo los festejos del carnaval

Atraso cambiario, superávit fiscal e inflación en baja: el modelo libertario

Milei quiere que lo veamos desnudo