The Minister of Economy, Martín Guzmán, led a meeting at the Palacio de Hacienda with representatives of companies supplying mass consumption products, on the eve of a new renewal of the Prices Care program, scheduled for July 7.
The meeting that took place in the Palacio de Hacienda with the presence of the head of the Central Bank, Miguel Ángel Pesce; and the Secretary of Domestic Trade, Guillermo Hang.
Before the businessmen, the minister made a presentation on the macroeconomic situation and the perspectives of the economic policy for 2022 and emphasized the role of the policy actions defined in the decree that updated the Budget of the National Public Administration and the recent measures of monetary politics.
This package of measures is intended to “strengthen a path of macro consistency that helps to give continuity to economic growth with ongoing job creation and strengthen the conditions to attack the inflationary problem,” the letter said.
In this sense, Guzmán pointed out that “the price and income policy is a component of the comprehensive economic policy.”
On the other hand, the representatives of the companies stressed the fundamental importance of developing the capital market.
In this line, Guzmán expressed that “work has been done from day one on the reconstruction and strengthening of the public debt market in pesos, which is an anchor for the development of the capital market that Argentina needs so that there is more financing for investment. , and therefore, more production and job creation”.
For his part, Hang highlighted the dialogue with the companies and asked to continue working together with a view to renewing the Care Prices program.
“We want to reach a consensus for an agreement that strengthens the price policy. Care Prices is a consolidated policy, highly valued by consumers and we need to sustain it”, he stressed.
The CEO of Mastellone, Carlos Agote; the General Manager of Unilever Argentina and Uruguay, Laura Barnator; the CEO of Molinos Río de La Plata, Agustín Llanos; the General Manager of Institutional Communication and Public Affairs of the Arcor Group, Adrián Kaufmann; and the Executive Director of the Association of Argentine Manufacturers (Coca-Cola), Esteban Agost Carreño.
So did the Vice President and VP Corporate, Legal and Compliance Affairs of Cervecería y Maltería Quilmes, Gonzalo Fagioli; and the General Manager of P&G, Gabriela Bardin.
