The Argentine finance ministry’s decision to extend the maturities of some of its short-term local-law debt, and enter talks with external bondholders, is tantamount to default. The government and bondholders stand a good chance of agreeing to some maturity extensions, perhaps even before the election. But this may not be enough to achieve public debt sustainability.
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