Leading experts on the Argentine economy disagree with the governor of the country’s central bank, Martin Redrado, when he says that the institution has only a limited role to play in fighting inflation in the country because of the low level of credit.
According to the state body in charge of measuring inflation, Indec, the rate is 9.6% (although leading local economists say the true figure is around 15%).
In an exclusive interview with Euromoney, Redrado says that total credit against GDP in the country is only 10%, while before Argentina’s economic crisis of 2001 it was 25%.
He says: "This means that there is 90 per cent [of the economy] where it is very difficult [to fight...
