News of treasury

Milei tells top legal official Rodolfo Barra to resign

25-01-2025 10:15 President Javier Milei has sacked Rodolfo Barra, the attorney general of Argentina’s Treasury.

Milei to travel to US next week for meeting with Trump

08-11-2024 09:14 Argentina’s President set for seventh visit to United States in a year; Milei will take part in CPAC forum, which will be hosted at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

MONETARY POLICY

Central Bank lowers benchmark rate to 35% from 40%

01-11-2024 12:46 Argentina’s Central Bank lowers benchmark interest rate for the first time in nearly six months.

ECONOMY & POLITICS

Argentina officials move to shore up bank support for debt plan

01-07-2024 15:35 Economy Minister Luis Caputo and Central Bank Governor Santiago Bausili sought to shore up support Monday in a meeting with executives from private banks for a monetary policy pivot announced late Friday.

MONETARY POLICY

Milei shifts policy in second phase of Argentina plan

29-06-2024 15:30 Milei administration embarks on second phase of economic plan, announcing it will swap out notes held at the Central Bank for new Treasury debt.

Argentina peso bond

Argentina peso bond puts balloon, spurring inflation risk

05-03-2024 14:16 Puts on Argentina’s peso debt issued by the Central Bank have surged under Javier Milei’s government, reaching a record and prompting officials to scale back their use amid growing investor concern.

Bloomberg

US Treasury Secretary Yellen praises Chile’s policies in visit to lithium-rich ally

01-03-2024 16:42 US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday lavished praise on Chile during a visit focused on critical minerals.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Rodolfo Barra: ‘Emergency decrees are for when the going gets tough’

13-01-2024 06:41 Argentina’s new Treasury attorney defends President Javier Milei’s emergency decree in a feature-length interview that also touches on protest rights, the Supreme Court and his Nazi past during adolescence.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

CABINET APPOINTMENTS

Milei confirms Luis Caputo will be economy minister

29-11-2023 08:19 President-elect says in interview upon return from trip to United States that both the Treasury and the IMF "understand Argentina's problems perfectly” and that ex-Macri administration official Luis Caputo will serve as economy minister.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Government has printed equivalent of 18% of GDP since 2019

19-09-2023 09:33 New report says President Alberto Fernández’s administration has printed the monetary equivalent of 3% of GDP so far this year, most of it aimed at the repurchase of bonds to protect their price level.

Regional Sanctions

Colombia-based Hezbollah group sanctioned by US

12-09-2023 17:11 United States hits Colombia-based Hezbollah group with sanctions, key figure in clan alleged to have been previously involved in 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires

News of treasury

Milei tells top legal official Rodolfo Barra to resign

Milei to travel to US next week for meeting with Trump

Central Bank lowers benchmark rate to 35% from 40%

Argentina officials move to shore up bank support for debt plan

Milei shifts policy in second phase of Argentina plan

Argentina peso bond puts balloon, spurring inflation risk

US Treasury Secretary Yellen praises Chile’s policies in visit to lithium-rich ally

Rodolfo Barra: ‘Emergency decrees are for when the going gets tough’

Milei confirms Luis Caputo will be economy minister

Government has printed equivalent of 18% of GDP since 2019

Colombia-based Hezbollah group sanctioned by US

Brazil slams United States after dozens of deportees arrive handcuffed

Milei’s learning curve

Milei tells top legal official Rodolfo Barra to resign

Milei and Trump: On Nazis, outsiders and politicians

Coming through the rye

Tras 'correr' en Parque Lezama, Palazzo acusó: "Incivilizados del lobby LGBT quisieron asesinarme"

Donald Trump anunció fuertes sanciones a Colombia por no aceptar aterrizajes de aviones con migrantes deportados

Accidente fatal en el sur de Bolivia dejó como saldo 19 muertos, entre ellos 2 niños

"¿Cómo podemos arreglar esto? Tengo 200 mil pesos y vamos a un bautismo...": la coima que no fue en Puerto Madero

Reivindicación al nazi Adolf Eichmann y "las Malvinas no son argentinas": los posteos del influencer libertario Marco Palazzo