Argentina significantly devalues the peso - raises the key interest rate to 118 percent

Inflation-ravaged Argentina takes new crisis measures, devalues the peso and sets its key interest rate at 118 percent.

Argentina is taking new steps to reform the economy Photo: STRINGER/AFP

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Argentina is taking new measures to face the crisis. They devalue the peso and raise the key rate to 118%. The country has experienced an economic slowdown and is struggling with over 100 percent inflation.
The coin is now set at 350 per dollar, which is an 18 percent decrease. President Alberto Fernandez and his government have previously tried to avoid such a devaluation.
The primaries in Argentina suggest that the far-right candidate, Javier Milli, may be the favorite for the presidential elections in October. Millie wants to exchange pesos for dollars.

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The South American country has been plagued by major economic problems for several years, not the least of which is high inflation.

The country is set to enter its sixth year of economic downturn in the past ten years, while inflation has topped 100 percent.

Argentina also suffers from its national dollar debt.

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The peso was fixed at 350 per dollar, a reduction of 18 percent.

For several years, President Alberto Fernandez and the government have tried to avoid devaluation, a move linked to fears of further inflation and political uncertainty.

In May, the key interest rate was set at 97 percent.

Triple-digit inflation in Argentina: – It’s unbearable

The outer right goes forward

In the fall, there are presidential elections in Argentina. In the weekend’s primary, voters punished the nation’s two largest parties.

The primaries are seen as an important indicator of the situation ahead of the elections in Argentina, which will take place in October.

‘A disaster from start to finish’

Right: Javier Milei wants to present the dollar. Photo: Natacha Pisarenko/AP/NTB

Economist Javier Milli, who has been referred to as the far-right candidate, surprisingly won. He wants to introduce the dollar as currency in Argentina, which Ecuador and El Salvador have done as well.

Milley is now sailing forward as the favorite ahead of the Oct. 22 election. Polls have suggested his support is around 20 percent, write The New York Times.

After the primaries, the dollar price of Argentine government bonds fell sharply, which is associated with increased market uncertainty. Lower bond prices also increase borrowing costs.

Argentina takes crisis measures: raises the interest rate to 97 percent

– We killed

Argentina is the third largest economy in Latin America. It is now believed that more than 50 percent of the population lives in poverty, according to the Observatorio de la Deuda Social of the Universidad Católica.

– Inflation is killing us, and the uncertainty surrounding jobs does not allow you to plan your life, Adriana Alonso, a 42-year-old housewife, tells the news agency Reuters.

He was E24 in Argentina earlier this year and wrote about spiraling inflation and a serious economic crisis.

– It’s unbearable. Rosanna Morengo, a 27-year-old single mother, told E24 that the government is not doing enough to tackle inflation.