Redrado fights Argentina’s corner

Martín Redrado, president of the Central Bank of Argentina, tells Sudip Roy why the banker should get through the global crisis intact.

MORE THAN ALMOST any other nation, Argentina understands what it is like to undergo a financial and economic crisis. The country has experienced several over the past 30 years, culminating in its ruinous debt default in 2001-02.

In the six years since, Argentina has bounced back, with its economy growing at an impressive 9% a year between 2003 and 2007. That growth was initially spurred by a surge in trade surpluses and then sustained by big investment in both the public and private sectors.

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