President Alberto Fernandez and the Minister of Economy, Silvina Batakisanalyzed this Sunday in the Quinta de Olivos actions to face issues such as the rise in prices and the deficit and this Monday at 9 o’clock the head of the Palacio de Hacienda will offer a press conference “to publicize the guidelines for the ratification of the program ” economic and fiscal goals.
The Presidential Spokesperson, Gabriela Cerutiinformed Télam that the meeting took place “from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.” and that the minister “presented the conclusions of what she had been working on with her team: an action plan forward, the course and the path” in economic matters .
“The President agreed with everything he raised and made some suggestions that were incorporated by the minister, who is going to finish working on them today with the economic cabinet,” Cerruti expanded.
The spokeswoman further stated that Batakis will offer “a press conference tomorrow at 9to publicize the guidelines for the ratification of the economic program, the fiscal goals and the direction that has been maintained, plus some other news”.
In the morning hours of this Sunday Batakis met with officials from various agencies of the economic area to evaluate the current situation and future measures.
Fernández had anticipated this Saturday the meeting with the head of the Palacio de Hacienda after highlighting the need to “lower the fiscal deficit gradually” and to face the inflationary issue.
“I spoke with Silvina and we agreed to see each other tomorrow (for today, Sunday) and now We are going to see what first measures we are going to take to be able to address this issue that worries us a lot“, Said the president from Tucumán, where he led an act for Independence Day.
He also stressed that “there are two issues in the world that have skyrocketed, energy and food,” which, he said, “is a huge problem.”
Fernández emphasized that “with Silvina we are working on that; for me it is an issue to be able to lower inflation in a scenario that is not favorable to us because the world is not favorable to Argentina in this context.”
