Bad Loans Threaten Argentina’s Next Engine of Economic Growth
Bad loans keep piling up in Argentina, dashing hopes that the economic pain unleashed by President Javier Milei’s harsh austerity program had already crested.
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Bad loans keep piling up in Argentina, dashing hopes that the economic pain unleashed by President Javier Milei’s harsh austerity program had already crested.
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