Markets brace as Argentines go to the polls
Midterm vote may determine whether President Javier Milei can end currency crisis and continue free market reforms
Midterm vote may determine whether President Javier Milei can end currency crisis and continue free market reforms

Free-market president wins big endorsement for reforms after weeks of financial market turmoil

US support has helped calm markets, but Argentina’s president is politically weakened as his party faces midterm elections

Investors bet that electoral endorsement will keep president’s market-friendly reforms on track

Doubts return over future of Javier Milei’s controlled exchange rate policy

After sky-high inflation, currency crises and failed reform plans, the country was never going to find a quick fix

Investors worry provincial election defeat will undermine president’s reform agenda