IMF Sees Argentine Economic Recovery Starting in Second Quarter

  • Mission chief Cardarelli sees ‘a lot of risks’ to forecast
  • If inflation isn’t tamed fast, monetary policy may be extended

A sign displaying U.S. dollar exchange rates hangs as people wait inside of a currency exchange house in Buenos Aire.

Photographer: Erica Canepa/Bloomberg
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Argentina’s deepening recession will continue through the first quarter before the economy sees a sustained and gradual recovery, the International Monetary Fund said, while outlining a long list of threats to that rebound.

“The bottom -- the floor -- is going to be in the first quarter,” mission chief Roberto Cardarelli told journalists in Buenos Aires Saturday. "We believe the recovery will begin in the second quarter."