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Is Argentina headed for a fresh currency crisis?

Argentina’s ample foreign reserves and tight capital controls mean that the government will not be forced into allowing the peso to devalue sharply in the near-term. That said, the current managed exchange rate regime is not sustainable and, unless inflation is tamed, the prospects of a fresh currency crisis within the next few years will continue to rise.

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