Milei Readies Major Reforms While Markets Await Currency Shift

Javier Milei, Argentina's president, waves during a swearing in ceremony at the National Congress in Buenos Aires.Photographer: Anita Pouchard Serra/Bloomberg

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President Javier Milei is preparing to embark on an ambitious push to reform Argentina’s economy when a friendlier Congress takes office Wednesday. Investors hope it’s just the opening act to a much bigger move: dismantling the rigid currency controls that defined his first two years in office.