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\n Argentina will devalue the peso by more than 50% as part of emergency measures to help the nation\u2019s struggling economy, the country\u2019s Economy <\/strong>Minister Luis Caputo announced Tuesday.\n <\/p>\n

\n The stark move changes the dollar conversion rate to 800 pesos per dollar from 365 pesos and comes just days into President Javier Milei\u2019s term.\n <\/p>\n

\n Milei campaigned on a pledge to get rid of the peso and replace it with the dollar in order to get the economy back on track. The peso has been artificially supported for years by strict capital controls, and its value has plunged roughly 52% this year against the US dollar.\n <\/p>\n

\n Argentina\u2019s central bank in recent years has printed more of the peso to help the country\u2019s government avoid defaulting on its debt. That has resulted in skyrocketing prices.\n <\/p>\n

\n The move marks the first of several steps to tamp down that hyperinflation, which led Argentina\u2019s central bank in October to raise its benchmark interest rate to 133%.\n <\/p>\n

\n Caputo on Tuesday reiterated Milei\u2019s campaign theme that \u201cthere is no money\u201d as he outlined other measures, including a cut to new public works projects, <\/strong>plans not to renew labor contracts that have been in effect for than one year and reducing energy and transportation subsidies.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cFor a few months we\u2019ll be worse off, particularly with inflation,\u201d he said.\n <\/p>\n

\n Regarding public works, Caputo said that \u201cthere\u2019s no money to pay for works that often end up in the pockets of politicians and business people.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday following Caputo\u2019s remarks that it supports the new initiatives.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIMF staff welcome the measures announced earlier today by Argentina\u2019s new Economy Minister, Luis Caputo. These bold initial actions aim to significantly improve public finances in a manner that protects the most vulnerable in society and strengthen the foreign exchange regime,\u201d Julie Kozack, IMF director of communications, said in a press release.\n <\/p>\n

\n \ufeff<\/s>In his victory speech Sunday, Milei provided few details of his economic plan. But the self-declared \u201canarcho-capitalist\u201d \u2014 who wielded a chainsaw on the campaign trail to symbolize his plans to cut state spending \u2014 promised \u201cdrastic\u201d reforms.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI want you to be aware that we are going to begin the reconstruction of Argentina after more than a hundred years of decline, redrawing the ideas of freedom, although we are going to have to endure a period of hardness, we will move forward,\u201d Milei, an economist, told the crowd as he was sworn into office.\n <\/p>\n

\n While Caputo did not mention any plans Tuesday to get rid of the peso, dollarizing the South American country\u2019s economy would require Argentina to exchange all pesos held by residents and businesses for dollars and assign a dollar value for all assets and contracts.\n <\/p>\n

\n That would effectively take the role of governing the country\u2019s monetary policy \u2014 the power to control interest rates and print money \u2014 from the Central Bank of Argentina to the US Federal Reserve.\n <\/p>\n

\n A bevy of challenges that looms over a potential bid to dollarize Argentina, key among which are the fact that it doesn\u2019t have enough dollars to cast away the peso, and it\u2019s unlikely that the transition would single-handedly save the country\u2019s crisis-stricken economy.\n <\/p>\n

\n While other countries have taken this step \u2014 including Ecuador, El Salvador and Panama \u2014 none have been as large as Argentina.\n <\/p>\n

\n Milei has already met with top US officials since he took office and his economic team has worked with the IMF on modifying the country\u2019s foreign policy and revitalizing its economy.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Argentina will devalue the peso by more than 50% as part of emergency measures to help the nation\u2019s struggling economy, the country\u2019s Economy Minister Luis Caputo announced Tuesday. The stark move changes the dollar conversion rate to 800 pesos per dollar from 365 pesos and comes just days into President Javier Milei\u2019s term. 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