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Argentina: policy tightening underway, but work still to do

Argentina’s long-overdue policy tightening – needed to address the country’s entrenched inflation problem – is finally underway, but with the fiscal deficit still large and inflation in excess of 40% y/y, most of the hard work for policymakers is still to do. Meanwhile, there are signs that policy tightening is weighing on activity, as well as President Macri’s popularity.


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