Argentina: provincial spending cap positive, but hurdles remain

The proposed spending cap on Argentina’s provincial governments is a positive step and could in theory narrow the overall public sector budget deficit by almost 1% of GDP by 2019. However, it’s not clear how the spending cap will be enforced. More fundamentally, the cap by itself won’t constrain spending – it will need to be complemented by other austerity measures.

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