Tag: Ministry of Economy of Argentina

• Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  South America expected to grow 0.2% in 2019, forecasts CEPAL

  

  Hit by five years of “economic slowdown,” Latin America's economy will grow by barely 0.5% this year, the United Nations economic commission for the region said on Wednesday, well below the 1.3% projected in April.

• Wednesday, October 1st 2014 - 08:09 UTC

  US calls on Argentina “to normalize relations with all bondholders”

  

  While the US State Department again called Tuesday on Argentina 'to normalize relations with all its bondholders’, the government of President Cristina Fernandez deposited a 161 million dollars bond interest payment with a newly appointed local trustee on Tuesday, defying a U.S. judge who held Argentina in contempt of court on Monday for taking illegal steps to meet its debt obligations.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2011 - 02:18 UTC

  New Economy minister: market friendly and an expert in debt negotiations

  

  Hernán Lorenzino, 39, currently Finance Secretary and beginning next Saturday Argentina’s Minister of Economy is considered market friendly, has a vast experience in debt negotiations and accompanied President Cristina Fernandez in her recent trip to the G20 summit in France.

• Friday, April 23rd 2010 - 07:11 UTC

  Argentina “only” accepts IMF “technical revision” of its economy

  

  Economy Minister Amado Boudou said that the Argentine Government “will not accept any conditions” on its economic policies, allegedly rejecting an eventual revision of its accounts by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).