Javier Milei rechnet nicht mit Trump, während Argentinien 2026 mit 9,5 Milliarden Dollar Schulden konfrontiert ist

Argentiniens Präsident Javier Milei setzt nicht auf Unterstützung von Donald Trump, während das Land sich auf eine gewaltige Schuldenrückzahlung von 9,5 Milliarden US-Dollar im Jahr 2026 vorbereitet.

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Milei umgeht die traditionelle Abhängigkeit von US-Hilfe und verfolgt einen unabhängigeren wirtschaftlichen Kurs. Die Entscheidung kommt zu einer Zeit, in der globale Finanzmärkte mit Unsicherheit kämpfen.

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Mit der Fälligkeit der Milliardenverbindlichkeiten in weniger als einem Jahr sucht Argentinien nach alternativen Lösungen jenseits der erwarteten Trump-Unterstützung. Ein klassischer Fall von 'hope for the best, prepare for the worst' in der Welt der Staatsfinanzen.

Die Finanzelite zuckt mit den Schultern - was sind schon 9,5 Milliarden in einer Welt, in der Zentralbanken gedrucktes Geld mit beiden Händen aus dem Helikopter werfen?

Central bank burns reserves as peso hits the wall

Argentina’s peso is crumbling. After the opposition’s big win in Buenos Aires, investors began dumping local assets fast. The peso slipped during nearly every trading session for two weeks straight, pushing authorities to pour over $400 million into the market to defend the currency.

That included $53 million sold on Wednesday, and another $379 million on Thursday. On top of that, the central bank had already blown through $1 billion earlier in the week trying to stop a full-blown collapse.

The peso hit 1,475 per dollar this week, pushing past the top end of its IMF-imposed trading band. To calm panic, the government brought in tighter trading controls.

The central bank banned shareholders and executives of banks from trading financial dollars (locally called MEP and CCL) for 90 days after any currency purchase on the official market.

Officials also raised reserve requirements and started dumping dollars from the Treasury and entering futures markets. But the bleeding hasn’t stopped.

Caputo insisted Thursday night, “We trust in the program and we’re not going to MOVE away from the program. We’re going to sell up till the last dollar in the ceiling of the band.”

But that approach is killing Argentina’s ability to pay what it owes. The $20 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund is being eaten alive by intervention efforts, not servicing debt.

Markets tank as Milei loses control of narrative

The S&P Merval index just became the worst performer out of more than 90 global stock benchmarks tracked by Bloomberg this month.

Argentina’s dollar bonds, especially those due in 2035, are leading emerging market losses and now sit at their lowest level in a year. Yields have jumped from 10.27% at the start of September to more than 17%, putting the country right back in distressed territory.

Javier’s popularity nosedived after voters punished him in local elections. His brutal austerity measures, slashing healthcare and education spending, backfired hard. And with a corruption scandal unfolding inside his circle, the Peronists took back Buenos Aires.

Successive losses in Congress followed, sparking fear that he’s lost the ability to pass any more reforms. Christine Reed, who manages emerging market debt at Ninety One in New York, said, “It’s probably too soon to say that the Story is crumbling, but certainly the new pieces of information that we’ve gotten in the last week have all been negative.”

Inflation had started to cool off, dropping under 100%, and investors had once cheered Javier’s drastic reforms when he took office in late 2023. But now that his agenda’s stuck, the Optimism is gone.

The man who won on promises to dollarize the economy and shut down the central bank is now relying on that very same institution to sell dollars, enforce controls, and manage a crisis.

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