In an article published on 29 April, two top International Monetary Fund (IMF) economists recommend that Argentina should tighten fiscal and monetary policies and devalue the peso. The article, by Alejandro Werner (IMF Western Hemisphere Director) and Roberto Cardarelli (IMF Chile mission chief), will not cut much ice with the government led President Cristina Fernández, and in particular with her economy minister, Axel Kicillof. Both are committed to “heterodox” economic policies and have kept contact with the IMF to a minimum. But with general elections due in October, it is the next Argentine government that may be more open to the IMF’s suggestions.
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