Busy Agenda for Lacunza: Oilers, Governors and Salary Council

On vacation in Cerro Bayo (Neuquén), the current Minister of Finance Hernán Lacunza did not expect President Mauricio Macri to ask him to badume replacing Nicolás Dujovne. But the result of the STEP and the series of economic measures that led to the breakdown of the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) they expelled the former chronicler from TN outside the office. To the now national leader A week of rest awaits you.

Some time ago, he entered the fifth Los Abrojos, where the president met him, as well as Marcos Peña (chief of staff), Dante Sica (Production and Labor) and Guido Sandleris (BCRA). What is waiting for you urgently? On Tuesday at 17:00, the Secretary of Energy, Gustavo Lopetegui, and the Minister of the Interior, Rogelio Frigerio, will meet governors of the oil provinces and industry companies to badyze a consensus way to normalize the market after pricing.

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According to the newspaper Black River, the president of Neuquén, Omar Gutierrez will propose "a progressive price trajectory to reconnect with the international value of oil and the official price of the dollar. The decree set the barrel at 59 dollars and the exchange rate at 45.19 pesos, creating what they called "the oil dollar." At the same time, the companies in the sector do not exclude oil. Go to court before the meeting.

he Wednesday, August 21 Lacunza will pay attention to the fact that the governors of almost all the provinces communicate, with a few exceptions, after the meeting at the Federal Council of Investment (IFC). There, they will badyze the impact of Profit and Monotax changes on their respective budgets. Some executives have even warned that it might be difficult to pay wages because it is a co-participable tax. Others also point out that the judicial way is a concrete alternative put an end to such a low VAT. What everyone is rejecting is that a very critical document will be sent to the national government. Bad sign.

he Thursday, August 22 the appointment will have tensions everywhere. The salary council meeting is scheduled. Currently, the minimum wage is set at 12,500 pesos. "We consider that salary at 12,500 pesos it is very low and must at least satisfy the basic basket which, according to the latest figures, is of the order of 31,000 pesos. So we are probably supportive of this position as a whole, "said Andrés Rodríguez (UPCN) in statements to Radio El Destape As El Cronista published today, the government intends to increase it to 16,250, an increase of 24%.

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MFIs. In the midst of these meetings, Tuesday the IMF delegation arrives in the country He will meet several economists from the city of Buenos Aires before doing so with Lacunza. The discussion is about renegotiating with the agency, something they do not hold on the market and all the candidates have said it should be done. "Macri will have to take care of explain to the Fund why you did not comply, and not me, because the truth is that I already told the Fund that this program was not achieved when I met them, "said Fernández on Sunday.

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