Sector Público (ingles)
The inflation measured by the official agency does not reflect the increases repressed behind the price controls and the monetary emission contained by the Central Bank’s leliqs. The release of these containments will be very traumatic if it is not accompanied by a comprehensive reorganization of the State. (more…)
MOREWhile some provinces file lawsuits before the Court questioning the co-participation, others warn that, if it were eliminated, they would not be able to pay the salaries of public employees. Co-participation cannot be fixed. It is necessary to adopt the rule of fiscal correspondence: the one who spends must collect tax. (more…)
MOREThe macroeconomic disaster would be much worse if it were not for the fall in pension expenditure thanks to the drop in the real value of pensions caused by the high inflation. It is essential to organize the pension system instead of trying to freeze this situation by manipulating the pension indexing rule. (more…)
MOREThe national government sent to Congress a separate part of the Budget which lists tax exemptions that were not historically identified and proposes their elimination to facilitate reaching the fiscal surplus. This is another example of improvisation and opportunism in public policy management. (more…)
MOREIn modern countries, income tax is a central source of State revenue. In Argentina –with the support of the right, the left, and the center– the Congress is preparing to practically eliminate it. One more proof that the problem in Argentina is not the “rift” but the lack of professionalism and demagogy. (more…)
MOREThe 2024 Budget presents implausible numbers. Even so, its calculations show that, when inflation goes down, pension expenditure goes up, making it difficult to achieve fiscal balance. This dilemma will not be solved by manipulating mobility again, but by putting the pension system in order. (more…)
MOREMilei proposed to review the co-participation regime. Several governors rejected the idea, including the threat of resignation if the proposal becomes a reality. The evidence shows that, in order to get out of Argentina’s decadence, the ordering of the federal regime must not be postponed. (more…)
MOREDevaluation is a painful remedy with no guarantee of success. Accompanying it with improvised and opportunistic measures led to a jump in inflation and the loss of government authority. The objective of improving the real exchange rate was not achieved and the risks of further inflationary acceleration increased. (more…)
MOREThe enormous accumulation of liabilities in the Central Bank is a major constraint to lower inflation. But even more restrictive is the fact that, if inflation is lowered, pension expenditure automatically will rise. This cannot be solved by manipulating pension indexing but through a comprehensive reorganization of the system. (more…)
MOREThis is not the first time that an abuse of power occurs in a northern province. As it happened in the past, the indignation is channeled against the local leadership. But the causes of the institutional degradation are the incentives generated by the co-participation and the national transfers to provinces. (more…)
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