Investors have largely welcomed the decision by populist and anti-IMF former president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, to run for vice president (rather than the top job) in Argentina’s election in October, but this market reaction seems complacent. Meanwhile, although pension reform is stalling in Brazil, there are tentative signs of progress in other areas, which would improve longer-term growth prospects.
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