{
  "id": 14228711,
  "title": "IMF cuts Argentina’s 2026 growth forecast",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/imf-cuts-argentinas-2026-growth-forecast",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-13T15:16:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Buenos Aires Herald",
    "slug": "buenos-aires-herald",
    "url": "https://buenosairesherald.com/economics/imf-cuts-argentinas-2026-growth-forecast"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reduced its growth forecast for Argentina in 2026, from 3.5% to 2.1%. This new projection places Argentina below regional and global averages. The forecast for 2027 also declined, from 4% to 3.5%, but remains higher than the Bank of Argentina's Market Expectations Survey (REM), which predicts 1.5% growth in 2026 and 3% in 2027.\n\nDuring the IMF and World Bank's annual meetings in Bangkok, Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Caputo, Vice Minister José Luis Daza, and Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) President Santiago Bausili were present. The report also lowered Argentina's 2027 growth forecast, although it remains above the BCRA's Market Expectations Survey.\n\nThe IMF expects the recovery to be slower than in 2025, with gradual improvements in key macroeconomic imbalances. The outlook includes lower inflation, an improving external sector (with the current account moving into surplus), and relatively stable unemployment.\n\nLatin America's growth is projected to be just 2.3% in 2026 and 2.5% in 2027, significantly lower than Asia's growth. Brazil, Argentina's main trading partner, is expected to see a slowdown from 2.2% in 2026 to 1.9% in 2027. This slowdown is due to restrictive monetary conditions, fiscal stimulus withdrawal, and global uncertainty.",
  "summary": "The International Monetary Fund lowered its growth projection to 2.1%, below the regional and global averages La entrada IMF cuts Argentina’s 2026 growth forecast se publicó primero en Buenos Aires Herald .",
  "key_points": [
    "IMF cuts Argentina's 2026 growth forecast to 2.1%",
    "2027 growth forecast also reduced to 3.5%",
    "Argentina's growth below regional and global averages"
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        "outlet": "Buenos Aires Herald",
        "title": "IMF cuts Argentina’s 2026 growth forecast",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/imf-cuts-argentinas-2026-growth-forecast-14228841",
        "published": "2026-10-13T15:16:24.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}