Tag: Martin Guzman

• Thursday, July 15th 2021 - 09:44 UTC

  Argentine President's prophecy becomes true, but it turns out to be worse

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández, who had said earlier through the coronavirus pandemic that he would rather have 10% new poor people than 100,000 deaths is now faced with his prophecy.

• Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Argentine Economy Minister wants common tax on multinational companies higher than 15%

  

  Argentina's Economy Minister Martín Guzmán Friday requested that a global tax to be applied to multinational companies was higher than the 15% put forward by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2021 - 09:46 UTC

  Argentina skips default thanks to agreement with Paris Club

  

  Argentina's Economy Minister Martín Guzmán Tuesday announced that the Paris Club had agreed to give his country until March 31, 2022, to pay the US $ 430 million in instalments while the rest of the debt is renegotiated.

• Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  May's inflation in Argentina was 3.3%: What will happen after the elections?

  

  Argentina's inflation in May was 3.3% for a year-on-year accumulation of 48.8%, the highest mark since March 2020, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC)

• Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:14 UTC

  Argentine inflation for April set at 4.1%

  

  Argentina's April inflation reached 4.1% for a cumulative rise of 17.6% in the first four months of 2021, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) reported on Thursday.

• Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 09:08 UTC

  Argentine Economy Minister brokering presidential meeting with IMF's Georgieva

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Martín Guzmán stepped ahead from President Alberto Fernández's European tour and flew to Rome Wednesday to meet with International Monetary Fund Deputy Director for the Western Hemisphere Julie Kozak.

• Friday, April 16th 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Cost of living in Argentina rises 4.8% in March alone

  

  Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI-Cost of living) rose 4.8% during March, 1.2 percentage points above February's 3.6%, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) announced Thursday.

• Thursday, April 8th 2021 - 10:32 UTC

  IMF likely to review interest rates charged to Argentina... in due time

  

  International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director Kristalina Georgieva Wednesday admitted the rates Argentina is currently paying will be subject to review, at the request of the South American country.

• Monday, April 5th 2021 - 10:20 UTC

  Argentina's economy can't afford another total lockdown, minister says

  

  Argentina's economy minister Martin Guzman said in a television interview on Saturday that his country could not afford a new total quarantine and made it clear that the government would have to find another way to deal with the new stage of the covid-19 pandemic.

• Saturday, April 3rd 2021 - 08:47 UTC

  Argentine President Fernández turns 62, tests positive for Covid-19

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández announced late on this Good Friday that he had been tested positive for covid-19 as he was rounding up his 62nd birthday's celebrations.