Inflation, growth and fiscal adjustment

Javier Milei said there was unique economic growth

In that sense, the libertarian referent also celebrated the figures that throw its policies, ensuring that it is a unique growth: “The economy is growing strongthe last data was 5.7%, but if you take the desestationalized, you annualize it and gives you 10%. The first quarter will be showing a Economy growing at 6%and the second to 8%“.

“Argentina is a country that comes with a decay of more than 100 years And talking about economic growth was not part of the discussion, we were always running back of the dollar and inflation“Milei exhibited differentiating the current situation from the previous one.

“An important element of economic growth is human capitalwhich is not only the work that is done in families, health and education, but also in the Reincorporation of people and the labor market. Also in terms of economic freedomwhere one of the legs is the commercial opening as well as the Respect for property rights“He said.

“It is also important to deregulation for increasing yields, which are linked to how deregulations kill you ascent, and the role of fiscal savings to boost economic growth,” he argued

Fiscal adjustment and poverty

Regarding the adjustment applied by his government, the President claimed it and detailed some anomalies: “We put a Fiscal adjustment of 15 points of the PBI, and when you look at empirical evidence, at other times much lower adjustments have generated falls up to 15%and for us the economy grew by 6%. We are facing an unpublished case“.

“For this reason several of the ministers are being summoned to give lectures,” he said, highlighting Patricia Bullrich and its decisions during the different manifestations, already Federico Sturzenegger for the application of reforms in the state.

“All corruption hurts, but some hurt much more. As the abuses to the most vulnerable sectors. That is also an achievement of our government, because in the means that there is no money, the adjustment had to be made, and without spending a single more weight We double the money that came to people eliminating intermediaries, “he said.

There he linked the fiscal adjustment with growth: “A situation of fiscal equilibrium such as the one we achieved by the 4% growth floorbeyond the adjustment we did down the expense and with 2,000 structural reforms“

In relation to poverty, Milei said: “At the same time We go down 20 points poverty, taking 10 million people out of the situation of poverty. It is obvious that things remain but what was achieved within the framework of a year is really incredible. ”

“There is something important, in Argentina, poverty and indigance data are published with a semiannual frequencyand when you have marked trends, that frequency hides you what is happening, “he emphasized, and added:” When you see the poverty data recorded by the INDEC About the government of Alberto Fernández In the end, he is underestimating him, because that number was growing. You have the problem of the semester. “

“On You had controlled prices and escalationwith which when you sincere the number, the price can only be seen in the indicator with a monthly frequency, “he said

The visit to the Vatican and the relationship with Pope Francis

Regarding his inconction at Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome, the Argentine president was blunt: “The trip to the Vatican was a very strong situation”.

“The case of Sandra Pettovello next to Guillermo Francos’s are moving. spoke with the Pope with a frequency of one monthwhere the reports passed every 15 days, first an advance and then the end, and there they argued different things, “he said.

-“As for Franks, He met the Pope since the age of 16He was the warden when he was a student at school. They maintained some regularity, “the president told the observer.

“Bergoglio I had an issue with the care of vulnerable. The times he called me was to see how we were on that subject, “Milei said in the radio interview.