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Downgrading our forecasts for Argentina

The recent turmoil in local markets means that Argentina’s recession will be even deeper than we previously anticipated. We now expect a 4% drop in GDP over 2018 as a whole (vs. -0.5% previously), and a further 2% contraction next year. A sovereign default is not in our central scenario, but large fiscal slippage would make it a real possibility.

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