Lacunza met Nielsen and Todesca, two economists close to Alberto Fernández

With a maximum of calm in the exchange rate and a political climate conducive to greater stability after the devaluation bond registered after PASO, the new Minister of Finance,

Hernán Lacunza

, met this afternoon Guillermo Nielsen and Cecilia Todesca, two of the economists who collaborate with the presidential candidate of the Front of All,

Alberto Fernandez

.

Minister of

Macri

and Todos Front employees said that "there was a coincidence" regarding the search for a horizon of "stability". After the meeting, however, local economists Fernández expressed their "concerns" about "the negative trajectory of key macroeconomic variables" and "the recessive impact of the current economic model".

The agenda

Lacunza, his brand new deputy minister, Sebastian Katz, and opposition economists discussed the exchange rate, inflation, energy, fuel prices, the reduction VAT on food, relations with the IMF and debt. public, as the nation has learned from official sources and from the Front of All.

"It was a good meeting cordial and respectful," they said near Lacunza. They added that it had been agreed to conduct an open conversation in the same tone as Macri and Alberto Fernández during their telephone conversation on Monday.

"They agreed that beyond the electoral competition, monetary stability should not be compromised as a major badet and that Argentine citizens should be rebadured," said the official spokesman at the same time. from the meeting, which lasted one hour. When he replaced Nicolás Dujovne, Lacunza said his priority was to manage the exchange rate.

According to government sources, the Minister and economists of the Todos Front agreed that a dollar of 57 dollars "is competitive" and that it "exceeds even the price of equilibrium". A few days ago, Alberto Fernández declared that "the $ 60 dollar" was "at fair value". The currency closed three pesos yesterday below this price.

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THE NATION, Minister Macri and opposition officials agreed to ensure stability. "This must be present in what the candidates say and do," official sources said, who nevertheless badured that there were no specific requests or complaints from their interlocutors.

The parties also discussed the reserves of the Central Bank, one of the indicators that Alberto Fernández asked to "take charge of". Todesca and Nielsen reiterated what was said "about the decline in reserves which, since the last payment by the IMF, has been reduced by more than 9,000 million US dollars".

The economists close to Fernández wrote a document after the meeting at the Palacio de Hacienda. There were no photos of Lacunza with the opposition candidate's advisers held after the meeting at the Fernández premises on Mexico Street.

"The negative impact of inconsistent fiscal measures with the provinces and those related to the oil sector was emphasized," Todesca said in reference to the Macri package after PASO.

Referring to the agreement with the IMF, Fernández's economic advisers were worried about "the agency's pbadivity in the face of declining reserves and failures". "The Front of all has ratified its commitment to respect all the obligations in force," they said.

"Our desire for dialogue is indisputable," said Todesca and Nielsen in their paper.

According to official sources, the call to the opposition seeks to "explain the situation, listen and explain the priorities". Lacunza should meet with presidential candidate José Luis Espert in the coming hours. Alberto Fernández, meanwhile, continued yesterday his political work. He met the senator and president of the PJ bloc, Carlos Caserio, and the governor of Entre Ríos, Gustavo Bordet.

The talkers

Nielsen was finance secretary from 2002 to 2005 and participated in negotiations on the Argentine debt swap with the IMF during the Néstor Kirchner government.

In July of this year, he tried to ignore "Axel Kicillof, former Minister of Economy and candidate for the governorship of the province of Buenos Aires, for his efforts in the international financial market and his negotiations With the hold-ups, Fernández then sided with Kicillof and relativized the position of the former official in his squad. "I'm talking to Guillermo, but I have no economic reference," he said. presidential candidate.

In the delicate economic situation created after the triumph of opposition within the OSP, Fernández today chose Nielsen as one of its representatives before the government.

Todesca, meanwhile, worked at the Central Bank during the management of Mercedes Marcó del Pont and joined the Callao group, the study center created by Fernández in early 2018. She is the daughter of Jorge Todesca, the current chief. from the Indec.