IMF Warns Argentina Not to Dawdle on Incremental Economic Reform

  • Western hemisphere chief also says Milei plan carries risks
  • Fund sees 2.3% average economic growth in region this year
Rodrigo Valdes speaks at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group in Marrakech, Morocco on Oct. 13.Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg
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Argentina has no time to make gradual economic adjustments as it faces soaring consumer prices and its sixth recession in a decade, according to a top International Monetary Fund official.

With just a week to go before a key presidential election, annual inflation has spiked to 138%. The central bank was forced from the sidelines and raised its policy interest rate by 15 percentage points to 133% in response.