Argentina Economy

Perhaps the biggest reason for the loss of attraction is the abandonment of the Convertibility Law. Argentina is one nation in Latin America whose dollarisation was responsible for economic growth and prosperity. For years Argentina chose to tie their current to the U.S. dollar. This was advantageous for years, but has now become a critical issues for Argentina in the current financial and economic crisis. The fundamental flaw with tying their currency to the U.S. dollar is that Brazil, not the United States, is Argentina’s primary trading partner. When

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t money in 2001, and this prompted the passage of the zero-deficit law. Policy was generally felt to be ineffective to reverse the situation, but the government refused to abandon their commitment to the convertibility plan. Many still cite this as the major fault for the collapse. With hindsight, Anne Krueger of the IMF argues that the following four factors were most responsible for what went wrong: Fiscal policy was too weak during the upswing; The external environment and shocks were unfavorable; The convertibility plan locked in overvaluation, given the lack of flexibility in the domestic economy; and, Unsustainable debt dynamics were left unaddressed. (8) Structural reforms are also mandated in Argentina to help ameliorate the financial and economic crisis. While many of the reforms instituted over the past decade have been successful, more need adopted until Argentina’s economy is fully based on market forces and international trade. Price controls have been eliminated on nearly all goods and services. The average import tariff has been dramatically reduced and now hovers around 13.5% (Eiras, et al, 2). Measures to liberalize trade are seen by many as one fighting chance for recovery. Perhaps one of the mo
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