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Argentina: Macri in decent shape ahead of legislative elections

With most of the votes in Argentina’s primary legislative elections now counted, it appears that support for President Macri’s ruling coalition has held up better-than-expected, and the peso is likely to rally when markets open later today. But even if this result is repeated in October’s final vote, tackling growing fiscal vulnerabilities in the second half of his term will remain challenging.

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