After the different meetings that he held this week with governors and other government officials, Silvina Batakis leads a meeting with his entire economic team.
the economy minister together with his cabinet, he will analyze new measures that will be added to those announced last week, since Silvina Batakis it seeks to guarantee the fiscal balance and the accumulation of reserves.
For this reason, among the proposals that will be evaluated Silvina Batakis There is the idea of establishing a differentiated exchange rate for foreign tourists, so that the dollars that visitors bring to the country enter the Central Bank.
The measure was anticipated by the Minister of Tourism, Matías Lammens, this Wednesday at a press conference, after concluding the meeting of the Government cabinet, “We are working with the Ministry of Economy so that tourists can liquidate those dollars and can exchange them in the single exchange market”he indicated.
For this reason, the president of the Central Bank Miguel Pesce, and the ministers of Productive Development Daniel Scioli, of Agriculture Julián Domínguez, of Tourism Matías Lammens, the head of AFIP Mercedes Marcó del Pont, among other officials.
In addition, it is expected that the minister will also design new strategies to contain inflationary pressure, which during June had a slight increase in relation to May; therefore, the president will seek to guarantee access to the basic basket.
After the meeting with the economic team, batakis will meet with the chief of staff, Juan Manzurwho accompanied her earlier this week to the meetings that took place with several governors.
When will the measures implemented by the minister be announced?
As detailed yesterday by the presidential spokeswoman, Gabriela Cerruti, after the meeting held today with the economic team, the head of the Treasury Palace will announce, between tomorrow and next week, the strategies that are defined.
“Different measures will be analyzed and it will be the minister and the economic team who will communicate them before the weekend or next week,” Cerruti said.
