Argentina

Monetary tightening announcements have followed the expanded IMF stand-by agreement

The president admitted yesterday that the rise in poverty in the first half of the year would not be the last

The expanded stand-by agreement will defer any possible default but will prompt domestic resistance and exchange fears

The city of Buenos Aires has been much praised for urban renewal efforts but fiscal resources are becoming scarce

Luis Caputo has become the second Central Bank president to resign in less than four months, as IMF talks near an end

The president is in New York as a general strike paralyses activity at home

The unemployment rate reached a twelve-year high in the second quarter as the economy contracted

The president and his predecessor both face mounting woes that could open up the election outlook next year