"There is no risk for people who have money in banks"

The former president of the Central Bank and current vice president of the mortgage bank, Mario Blejer, expressed his opinion on the economic and political reality generated after the elections of the OSP. "There is no risk for people who have money in banks," he said.

"If on a scale of 1 to 10, the crisis of 2001 was a 10, what number are we now?" "Not more than 4 and a half points or 5," he told LN +. This has also provided peace of mind to those who have money in bank accounts. "I think there is no risk at the moment."

Then he told how they found the Central Bank baduming in 2002. "When we entered the Central Bank in early 2002 with default and corralito already donedollarization, asymmetric pesos, there were $ 8 billion in reserves in total, we have about 70 today, "he said.

The economist also said that for the IMF, Argentina is virtually the only customer it owns. "The IMF wants to show that the program with Argentina has had positive effects," he said. "For the Fund, an additional failure in Argentina would be very serious."

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