Dim outlook for Argentina’s crushed economy

With new virus cases still high, capital controls more pervasive, and fiscal policy unlikely to stay loose, we are nudging down our Argentina GDP forecasts. We now expect an 11% drop this year and just a 4% rebound in 2021 (previous forecasts -10% and +5%). Our GDP projections imply a much weaker recovery than the consensus currently expects.

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