Before the accredited media at Casa Rosada, the presidential spokesperson said that the process “was carried out successfully.” Key step in the negotiation with the IMF.
Gabriela Cerrutti reported this thursday that a debt swap is being carried out for maturities in the second semester, which is “watched with great expectation by the entire Government and also by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)”.
“A very important debt swap is being carried out, which compromised the entire second semester, which is viewed with great expectation by the entire Government and also by the International Monetary Fund (IMF),” he said and announced that said operation, the third of the year in pesos, “It was carried out successfully, which clears up the second semester a lot.”
“This was one of the points that was awaiting to see how it ended in order to move forward with the new agreements and the negotiations that are taking place,” He added in relation to the country’s monetary situation and to show that the schedule that the Government and the IMF set is being met.
On the other hand, before the accredited journalists at Casa Rosada, Cerruti provided the latest data on industrial growth: “In the first quarter, the industry grew 2.6. In April, it grew 1.7 year-on-year and 1.2 compared to the previous month, this implies, for example, that 72.5 percent of the automotive installed capacity is occupied, ”he specified.
In addition, the Spokesperson updated the latest numbers that make the news of workers in relation to formal employment and stated that “we are in the best streak in the last fourteen years, we have 32 consecutive months of growth in formal employment, and the industrial employment has risen for 20 consecutive months, the best number since 2009”.
In relation to the payment of income tax on the bonus, Cerruti explained that “there are 502 thousand beneficiaries, since the floor was increased and those who collect up to 880,000 pesos will not pay.” And he added that “1,200,000 people will access a two-year fixed-rate credit, to continue implementing the activity among monotributistas.”
In relation to the consumption figures, the official stated that “they indicate that, in March, the index of total sales at constant supermarket prices rose 3.8 year-on-year.” And after providing these economic indices, she concluded: “We continue on a path of ordering the economy and growth that is making us lay very solid foundations to continue with the project of this Government.”
Source: Ambito
