The historic drought afflicting Argentina will cause a steeper contraction in GDP than most expect this year and intensify balance of payments strains by reducing export earnings to the tune of 2-3% of GDP. That will make it hard to meet the IMF’s (downwardly revised) FX reserve target and increases the risk of a disorderly devaluation.
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