Milei announces Argentina’s first budget surplus in 16 years

BUENOS, Aires — Argentina’s spending-slashing new President Javier Milei has hailed his country’s first quarterly budget surplus since 2008 as a “historic achievement.” In the first quarter of 2024, the South American country recorded a budget surplus of about 275 billion pesos (some $309 million at the official rate), he told national TV late Monday. This amounted to a surplus of 0.2 percent of GDP. “This is the first quarter with a financial surplus since 2008,” said Milei, referring to his left-wing rival Cristina Kirchner’s first year in the presidency. Milei, who took office in December, boasted of “a feat […]…

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