News of treasury

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.

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

DEBT INTERVENTION

Argentina’s US$1-billion bond buyback is baffling investors

19-01-2023 14:25 While repurchasing the bonds at a fraction of their face value could ultimately save the country hundreds of millions of dollars in interest and principal payments, investors point out that the government doesn’t have very much room in Central Bank coffers to fund such a lavish buyback.

MARKETS

Bonds jump as government stuns market with billion buyback

19-01-2023 02:53 Economy Ministry is using dollars held by the Treasury to fund the buyback, including money it expects to save from energy imports it presumes it won’t need in 2023, according to sources.

BLOOMBERG - OPINION

Argentina’s bond buyback seems to make little sense

19-01-2023 02:45 It is generally thought that it is better to buy back bonds when they are cheap than when they have just posted a sharp rise, but perhaps Massa knows something we don't.

INTEREST RATES

Central Bank poised to hold the key rate at 75% into next year

30-11-2022 08:34 Central Bank tracking suggests monthly inflation could slow to about 5.5% in November, down from 6.3% in October.

News of treasury

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

Argentina’s US$1-billion bond buyback is baffling investors

Bonds jump as government stuns market with billion buyback

Argentina’s bond buyback seems to make little sense

Central Bank poised to hold the key rate at 75% into next year

Argentina names Hezbollah operative allegedly behind AMIA, Israeli Embassy attacks

Why Trump is already victorious

Milei is Argentina’s most popular leader but disapproval grows

Milei to 'audit' Argentina's Foreign Ministry after Cuba embargo vote

Intrigue and secrecy in Mondino’s pre-trailed dismissal

Homicidio e incendio en Brinkmann: asesinaron a una niña de 8 años

Córdoba, capital de la pizza: cuál es la preferida de los cordobeses

"Fundaron" Buenos Aires, fueron los primeros héroes de Malvinas y parecen de película

Javier Milei: "El imperdonable error de Diana Mondino le costó el puesto en 30 minutos"

Escándalo en el Country Las Delicias: cambio de fiscal y medidas para evitar un sabotaje en las bases de datos