An official from the economic team gave his forecast for next year. He assured that the October elections were “an important information threshold”.
12/22/2025 – 09:06 am
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Jose Luis DazaVice Minister of Economic Affairs and Deputy of Luis Caputopointed out 2026 “will be the best year for the economy in decades.”
The economic team’s diagnosis: Why 2026 could be the best year in decades
The official stated that next year will be “the best year” after what he described as the October general election.an important information threshold“.
““2026 will be the best year for the economy in decades: not just because of high investment-led growth, but because it will be growth with balanced macroeconomic accounts, which makes it sustainable.” Caputo’s second statement on his social networks.
In this sense, Daza claimed that the population approved in the October elections “Emphatically” that he wanted to continue “on the path of reforms”. led by President Javier Milei.
“From now on, waiting for many projects will incur more costs than benefits. Many projects that have been waiting for this definition of the future economic model are already being activated.”
The Deputy Minister of Economy quoted a tweet from the president of Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA: Demian Reidelwhere he refers to an article he wrote for a journalistic medium.
Through X, Reidel explained this “Every day the difference between improvising (as previous governments did) and shaping public policy with courage and method becomes clearer.”.
Daza’s role for 2026
After the presidential victory of José Antonio KastRumors increased that Daza would leave the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Argentina’s Minister of Economic Policy confirmed that he had received an offer to join the cabinet of Chile’s elected president.
Although Daza did not specify the position, speculation suggests that the economist with dual citizenship (Argentina and Chile) could assume the position of Minister of Economy, Energy and Mines of the Chilean government.
The confirmation came during a streaming interview shit. When asked directly whether he had been offered to become Minister of Economy in Chile, Daza replied with a laugh: ““They offered me a few positions.”
“Lower levels…”: a Caputo advisor’s reaction to the fall in country risk
This Wednesday, December 17th, will take place Country risk from Argentina was incurred 555 pointswhich marks the lowest level since then July 2018, when it closed at 556 units. In December, the indicator recorded a 90-point decline in response to the announcements Central Bank about changing interchangeable belts and the Reservation Purchase Program.
Felipe NunezAdvisor to the Minister of Economic Affairs, celebrated the information in his X account: “Ladies and gentlemen, we have had the lowest risk level in the country since August 2018.”
The decline in country risk coincided with a general rise of Dollar bondswhat exceeded that 1% this Wednesday.
Luis Caputo explained that The government is considering several alternatives to deal with January maturities exceeding $4.2 billion, including financial exchange agreements with China and the United States, bank loans and placements in debt markets.
Reducing country risk allows the government to consider the following Issuance of international bondss, which would help the central bank accumulate reserves without using them to meet immediate maturities.
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