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Argentine policymakers still up to their old tricks

Argentina’s statistics office reported that GDP grew by 1.1% y/y in Q1, but independent data suggestthat although conditions have improved, there has not yet been a return to growth. And worryingly, thishas coincided with a fresh fiscal loosening and a widening of the current account deficit ahead ofOctober’s elections.

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