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Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires Last Week: Merval Rebounds, but Oil Shock and Inflation Loom

Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires Last Week: Merval Rebounds, but Oil Shock and Inflation Loom

Buenos Aires shares bounced back Friday, sending the S&P Merval 2.15% higher to end at 2,626,114.83 points. Still, comparing the Feb. 27 and March 6 closes, the index wrapped up the week roughly 0.6% lower than its opening level. This is coming to a head fast—traders don’t have room to relax. Argentina’s February CPI lands March 12. The central bank’s REM survey, out March 5, pushed the consensus for February inflation up to 2.7%, compared with the previous reading. Core inflation? Now at 2.5%. The oil shock just stirs the pot further, clouding the inflation picture.
7 March 2026
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YPF Stock Soars on LNG Mega-Deal and Milei’s Reforms – Will Argentina’s Oil Giant Keep Climbing?

YPF Stock Soars on LNG Mega-Deal and Milei’s Reforms – Will Argentina’s Oil Giant Keep Climbing?

Milei’s Market-Friendly Agenda: Since taking office in December 2023, President Javier Milei has pursued aggressive free-market reforms that directly impact YPF and the energy sector. Early on, Milei floated plans to privatize YPF, igniting a buying frenzy in YPF’s stock Reuters. “YPF was one of several state-controlled companies he plans to sell,” Milei declared after his election, aiming to “create value” in the company before a sale Reuters. Global investors reacted swiftly – YPF’s U.S.-listed shares skyrocketed over 40% in a single session on Milei’s privatization comments Reuters. However, by January 2024 the administration backed off privatization as it negotiated a massive reform bill in Congress Argusmedia. YPF was dropped from the immediate sell-off list to help the reform package pass, reflecting political realities in Argentina’s Congress. Instead, Milei focused on loosening energy market regulations – eliminating state controls on oil and gas prices while retaining emergency powers to ensure supply Argusmedia. Political Tailwinds: Nearly two years into Milei’s term, political momentum remains strong. In late October 2025, Milei’s coalition won crucial mid-term elections, gaining a wide enough margin “to secure his economic agenda” in the legislature Argusmedia. His La Libertad Avanza party captured ~41% of the vote and carried
27 October 2025
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Trump’s $20B Argentina Lifeline Shocks Markets – Will It Save Milei?

Trump’s $20B Argentina Lifeline Shocks Markets – Will It Save Milei?

President Trump’s Treasury used its seldom-invoked crisis tools to prop up Argentina. The centerpiece is a $20 billion currency swap line between the US and Argentina’s central banks reuters.com – effectively a short-term dollar loan facility. In parallel, Treasury officials have directly bought pesos in open markets to blunt the currency’s slide. Bessent announced these steps on Oct. 9 after several days of intensive talks in Washington with Economy Minister Luis Caputo reuters.com aljazeera.com. On Truth Social, Bessent hailed Argentina’s “strong economic fundamentals” and Milei’s tough austerity measures. He vowed the US is “prepared, immediately, to take whatever exceptional measures are warranted” to stabilize the peso and bond markets washingtonpost.com aljazeera.com. Treasury left the swap’s details confidential, but Bessent was explicit that no direct cash grant is going to Argentina’s treasury. In media appearances he insisted it is not a bailout of Buenos Aires – “we haven’t sent any money to Argentina,” he said, and insisted the ESF would not lose money on this deal reuters.com. Nonetheless, such currency-market interventions are exceedingly rare: only four times since 1996 has the US bought another country’s currency in global markets washingtonpost.com. The IMF also publicly backed the move. Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva
10 October 2025
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Billion-Dollar Deals, AI Shakeups & Record Highs – Global Business News Roundup (Aug 15–16, 2025)

Billion-Dollar Deals, AI Shakeups & Record Highs – Global Business News Roundup (Aug 15–16, 2025)

Stocks Near Peaks: Global markets hovered around record highs. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an intra-day record before inching up 0.08% by Friday’s close reuters.com. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite, however, dipped 0.3% and 0.4% respectively as tech and financial shares pulled back reuters.com. Still, one strategist noted the rally’s resilience: “This market continues to move higher and the story is just earnings and margins”, with strong U.S. corporate profits buoying sentiment reuters.com. U.S. retail sales data showed consumers remain resilient even after a hotter-than-expected producer price spike, which briefly rekindled inflation worries reuters.com. In Europe, the pan-European STOXX 600 index touched a five-month high before ending flat on the week, supported by a “largely positive earnings season” across the continent reuters.com. The MSCI All-Country World Index also held near record territory reuters.com. Central Bank Signals: Bond markets hinted at shifting monetary tides. U.S. Treasury yields climbed as traders hedged for Federal Reserve rate cuts later this year reuters.com. In a late-Friday interview, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly affirmed that “two [rate cuts]… sometime this year” could be appropriate given cooling labor markets and above-target inflation reuters.com. Traders still largely expect the Fed’s first
16 August 2025
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