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Tag: Sergio Massa

  • Thursday, October 13th 2022 - 09:56 UTC

    IDB grants Argentine US$ 700 mn loan

    “This disbursement helps to strengthen Argentine reserves,” Massa said

    Argentina is to receive US$ 700 million to increase the Central Bank's reserves after the IDB Board of Directors agreed Wednesday to a Special Development Financing (SDL) package in light of Superminister Sergio Massa's presence in Washington DC for the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.

  • Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 10:38 UTC

    Argentines striving between childhood poverty and indigence, CFK's favorite economist pointed out

    Superminister Sergio Massa “will do something” about the increasing poverty, Lechter said

    Following last week's figures from Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) pointing out that 50% of the country's children under 15 lived in poverty, researcher Agustín Salvia said the data were “in line with what was expected.”

  • Monday, October 3rd 2022 - 09:47 UTC

    Argentine tire manufacturers back to work

    Massa was to turn local companies into emergency importers to buy abroad what was in no supply from local manufacturers and the conflict was solved

    An agreement has been reached between Argentina's Single Union of Argentine Tire Workers (SUTNA) and the three companies operating in the country, thus bringing the five-month conflict that left the country virtually tireless to an end.

  • Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 10:20 UTC

    De Pedro's mission to US heading back home

    Minister Massa's recent trip opened many doors, De Pedro explained

    Argentine Interior Minister Wado De Pedro's trip to the United States alongside a delegation of governors of the country's Grand North has come to an end.

  • Saturday, September 24th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

    Argentina limits door-to-door purchases abroad

    Expenditures abroad are expected to increase for the football World Cup and summer vacations

    Argentina's Federal Administration of Public Revenues (AFIP) tax bureau has lowered the cap from US$ 3,000 to US$ 1,000 on door-to-door online purchases effective Sept. 23, in a move to curb foreign currency expenditures that drain the Central Bank's reserves.

  • Thursday, September 15th 2022 - 10:43 UTC

    Argentina/IMF: minister Massa pledges targets of program remain unchanged

    Primary deficit targets of 2.5% of GDP in 2022 and 1.9% of GDP in 2023, with an emphasis on improved targeting of energy, transport, and water subsidies

    The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, met this week with Sergio Massa, Minister of Economy of Argentina, in Washington D.C. The meeting took place after a fruitful week of face-to-face technical meetings in the context of the second review of the program under the IMF’s Extended Arrangement with Argentina. After the meeting, Ms. Georgieva issued the following statement:

  • Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

    Massa clinches IMF deal pending board approval

    Massa is returning to Buenos Aires with the endorsement of the IMF and the political backing of the White House

    Argentina's Superminister Sergio Massa and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristialina Georgieva Monday reached an agreement for a US$ 4 billion loan for the country's Central Bank (BCRA).

  • Friday, September 2nd 2022 - 10:39 UTC

    Massa says hatred and violence destroy societies

    Massa also longed for all those responsible to be held accountable

    Superminister of Economy Sergio Massa was among the first to condemn through his Twitter account the attack against Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK):

  • Monday, August 29th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

    CFK supporters, metropolitan police clash in Buenos Aires

    CFK left Massa and Fernández to bear the political costs

    Supporters of Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) and Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police clashed in the Buenos Aires uptown Recoleta neighborhood late Saturday in an episode riddled both with violence and with political consequences for Argentina''s future.

  • Friday, August 26th 2022 - 18:50 UTC

    Argentine Superminister Massa discusses bilateral ties with Indian FM

    Buenos Aires financial circles are getting ready for Massa's “thereafter”<br />

    Argentina's Superminister Sergio Massa Friday called for the strengthening of bilateral trade with India after a meeting with Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, who is touring Latin America and held an encounter Thursday with President Alberto Fernández.