Matías Kulfas: "The dollar at $ 60 is fine, the problem is that everything is linked with cables"

L & # 39; economist Matías Kulfas, one of the referents in this area of ​​the presidential candidate of the Front of All, Alberto Fernandezsays that the price of the dollar at $ 60 "that's fine", Although he warned that "the problem is that the government has everything tied up with wires."

"The dollar 60 is very good from the point of view of competitiveness. It allows Argentine businessmen to plan their exports, but the problem is that the government has everything tied with wiresReservations are always lost and it seems very passive: from a fiscal point of view, we do not know what he's doing", He explained in statements to Radio with you.

Kulfas, however, acknowledged that "economic instability" has lasted for "several decades" and has not started with the Cambiemos government.

"Let's say things as they are: There are problems that have not started with Macri, and that have been going on for a long time. You need to get prices to start reducing the dollar. We believe that the real solution to this problem is to increase exports because dollars are still lacking. And when we miss, we stop growing. Macri tried to solve this problem by taking out external debts and was the worst debt possibleHe explained.

"The dollar at 60 is good from the point of view of competitiveness. This allows Argentine businessmen to plan their exports, but the problem is that the government has everything in place, reserves are still lost and it seems very passive: from the fiscal point of view, we do not know what he's doing. "

And he warned that the economic model of macrismo usually ends with "a very strong process of adjustment".

He also stressed that to get out of the current situation, the debt had to be renegotiated. "You have to solve the debt and it's renegotiate. We inherit a problem related to the restructuring of the debt. It is a complex problem. There is goodwill from the parties, but it takes time. That all agree and that the new regime of new conditions can be presented to Uruguayan, "he said.

Kulfas said that since the political space of Alberto Fernández, they emphasized "not zero inflation, but the coordination of wages and prices, at a table that advances to reach 2% per month". In this sense, he said that one of the keys was to "coordinate expectations" and to create a "dialogue table with businesses, unions, the sector" and other actors.

The economist criticized some aspects of the economic model of Kirchnerism: "We must pay particular attention to the management of macroeconomics: this idea of ​​appreciating the exchange rate generates long problems and benefits, discourages investment and exports ".

Finally, he mentioned the issue of tariffs: "This is a key element and an adequate balance must be sought. The freezing of customs duties at the beginning of Kirchnerism was correct because it came from a situation of dramatic crisis, but when the economy recovered, it had to look for an update mechanism . "