On a day in which he had to deny a video that involves him and circulated massively on social networks, Luis Caputo He defended the monetary direction of the government, reiterated that “We do not handle the dollar” and relativized the movements of the exchange rate in recent weeks, by stating that “The dollar did not go up so much.”
Within that framework, he also highlighted the achievements in terms of reservations: “Since we made the agreement with the Fund, we accumulated US $ 5,000 million. ” “The logical thing would be that we will have refinancing, like all normal countries,” he added, referring to the possibility of medium term.
Then he argued that “With the tidy macro the dollar can have volatility but cannot have cimbronazos”: “Our scheme is designed to make the weight the strongest currency, in the middle You will have volatility because the exchange rate floatsand that volatility is all countries. “
Finally, interviewed at LN+, he raised a new possibility to stabilize downward inflation: “If many shops could start selling in dollars, and not even speaking in dollars in installments, Let’s see a strong price reduction due to financial burden“
Luis Caputo: “The video is an operation to generate instability”
In a television interview, the minister referred again to a publication that circulated through social networks about a future economic crisis: “The video is an operation to generate instability”.
The video of the publication is accompanied by alleged textual quotes of the driver Alejandro Fantinothat imply the false dialogue he had with the minister. “I talked to Toto Caputo and I want to tell them in case they are distressed when they see in the next what happens with respect to the dollar and the numbers that will begin to come,” says the text, while in another outstanding one says: “It will be brave. We are going to pass it to the orthothe country risk will fly and the 1000 points will be exceeded, the dollar is going to go up, there will be noise in the street, and they will be 3 months. “
After annotating the publication, Minister Caputo tweeted to deny the versions of the video. “I suppose this will be ia or armed in some way. Nothing that surprises at this point …”, he said and referred to the driver’s call: “Alejandro called me to explain the issue of the current account, how tourism impacts, and now. What I said is the opposite of what this clip says”.
Fantino himself clarified the situation in his social networks: “This is the full video of my editorial today, They circulated something edited and put together a berreta and manual operation. What I said today is the opposite, to which the edited video shows. Take the time of watching the full video. “
Luis Caputo criticized the governors’ initiative
Interviewed in LN+, Luis Caputo He understood that from the provinces “they send laws so that the country does bad Retirements, Disability, ATN distribution and co -participation.
“The background of the matter is not the retirees, the funds of the ATN, or anything, but break the fiscal balance which is the anchor that allows Argentina to be a stable country today, “said the minister but relativized the impact of his potential approval:”You don’t have to be afraidbecause we have a healthy economy, no matter how much they try, There may be volatility, that’s all. It is not a problem. “
Finally, he assured that the tension with the provinces is not real: “The governors leave my office, give me a hug and ask me to continue like this. But many make the game of politics because they are politicians and live from that. “
Source: Ambito
