The Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, will announce this Sunday in the first presidential debate to his minister of economy and to the head of the Central Bank if elected. This was confirmed by the minister during an event in Neuquen where he appeared alongside Governor Omar Gutiérrez, the elected Rolando Figueroa and the elected in Río Negro, Alberto Weretilneck.
According to information collected by Ambithe BCRA Board of Directors It will be made up “half of the ruling party and half of the opposition.” So far the candidates who have already communicated their economic team are Patricia Bullrich with Carlos Melconian and Javier Milei with Emilio Ocampo at the Central Bank.
The first debate will take place on October 1st in the National University of Santiago del Estero, which will be used by the Forum in the capital of said province. The second debate will be October 8thin it Assembly Hall of the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). In addition, the University will host a third debate in the event of an electoral runoff in Argentina between two candidates.
There the presidential candidates They will present their arguments and proposals for the next four years. It is a key instance to attract those voters who are undecided.
“IFE” and Vaca Muerta dollar: Massa’s latest announcements
On the last day on which the Minister of Economy can make announcements as provided by the National Electoral Chamber, The candidate for Unión por la Patria took care of announcing two key measures. First, the “new IFE” for informal employees of $94,000 in two installments. Second, the new “Dead Cow dollar” with the aim of adding dollars to the reserves in a month that will be complex due to pre-electoral exchange tension.
The benefit for companies in the hydrocarbon sector will imply that They will be able to settle 25% of their exports at the exchange rate counted with settlement (CCL), which this Tuesday closed at $778, without losing access to the single and free exchange market (MULC), where they settle at a wholesale exchange rate of $350.
The fine print of the measure was finalized this Monday night, at a dinner held by the economic team at Massa’s house, in Tigre. And this Tuesday morning it was announced at the Palacio de Hacienda in a meeting that Massa held with the most important businessmen in the sector: Marcelo Mindlin, owner of Pampa Energía, Miguel Galucciothe president of Vista, Pablo González, president of YPF, and representatives of Pan American Energy and Techintamong others.
Source: Ambito
