Emilio Ocampo, one of the libertarian inspirations for dollarization and the elimination of the BCRA, does not have his place confirmed in the next government.
The accompaniment of Mauricio Macri to Javier Milei in the campaign it would have its implications, which have been expressed in the ministerial definitions of recent days. The economist could give up, precisely, the Ministry of Economywhere it sounds like the main name Luis “Toto” Caputo, former Macrista Finance Minister. However, his disagreements regarding the ideas of dollarization and of the elimination of the BCRA They could distance one of the names most highlighted by the libertarian in the campaign.
Is about Emilio Ocampopointed out by Javier Milei as the future director of central bank and who would be in charge of finalizing its dissolution. “I am the person who will last the least in office.“he had ironized Ocampo campaign, in addition to being the one who designed a scheme to materialize one of the president-elect’s promises: to bring the Argentine economy to dollarization. His lack of harmony with Luis Caputotrusted man Macriwould make him step aside in the formation of the next government.
From the libertarian heart it is pointed out that the preference of Javier Milei for “Toto” Caputo It is sustained because the former Macrismo official offered him a plan of solution for LELIQprecisely the issue that would have prevented the election of Federico Sturzenegger (who was director of the BCRA in the government of Mauricio Macri) as Economy Minister.
It remains to know what roles experienced economists close to Javier Mileias Roque Fernández, Carlos Rodríguez and Darío Epstein. In addition to being part of your Economic Committeehad relevant functions in the administration of Carlos Menema management that the libertarian leader claims as positive.
Who is Emilio Ocampo
“An honor that Javier Milei has chosen me for close the Central Bank and eliminate inflationthe most perverse and arbitrary tax that exists and that for decades has contributed to the impoverishment of Argentines”: through a tweet from September of this year, the economist Emilio Ocampo confirmed that it was joining the project Freedom Advances. “ I had four plans at my disposal to dollarize, but the one that convinced me the most was Ocampo’seven made me leave mine aside,” revealed the now President elect.
Emilio Ocampo is a specialist in finance and economics, currently director of the Center for Economic History Studies of the University of CEMA (UCEMA) and member of the Academic Council of the Libertad y Progreso Foundation.
From 1990 to 2004 he dedicated himself to investment banking in cities such as New York and Londonwhile in Argentina the “Convertibility Plan” headed by the minister Sunday Cavallo. Two decades later, Ocampo once again raises the possibility that “if you dollarize in January or February 2024, by April or May 2025, inflation will be at levels convergent with the United States“.
Source: Ambito
