The Government analyzes imminent changes in the tourist dollarconsidering that the use of US currency to travel abroad makes “life more pleasant, but it has nothing to do with what we need as a society in the long term,” said today the spokeswoman for the Presidency, Gabriela Cerruti.
“The Government is analyzing different alternatives to see how they can ensure that the dollars go where we need them and that they are not scattered in other situations that may make our lives more pleasant but have nothing to do with what we need as a society in the long term“, emphasized Cerruti before a consultation of Argentine News during a press conference at the Casa Rosada.
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The National Executive will seek mitigate the impact of consumption linked to the Qatar 2022 World Cupwhich will exponentially raise the foreign exchange outflowgiven that Argentina is among the top 10 in terms of ticket demand for the soccer event that will begin at the end of next November.
In this context, the official specified: “The Minister (of Economy), Serge Massareceived in recent days a number of proposals from different sectors, from industries, from companies, which is a proposal that the Government shares, which is that the dollars must be used for increased production, job creation“.
“The State has the obligation that the State dollars go to sustain what really does work, production, health, education and science. Minister Massa is analyzing different alternatives and when he makes the decision the will communicate,” he emphasized.
In another section of the conference, the spokesperson for the Presidency specified that the dialogue that the president had anticipated Alberto Fernandez con businessmen and trade unionists for align prices with wages is being carried out “in different spheres”.
“They are talking in the Secretary of Commerce, Minister Massa is talking. There are different areas where conversations are taking place and it is part of what the minister is going to talk with the President to present something more complete about what his view is about what to do with it subject prices in inflation in the coming months“, he pointed out.
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Bonus to state and retirees?
Asked about the possibility of granting a bonus to state employees and retirees to match their income with inflationCerruti responded: “This government has arranged that every time it was necessary to reopen the parity, so that salaries can keep up with inflation and not lose against inflation, it has done so. With which, the situation is going to see over time”.
“The same with retirees. In addition to applying the formula by which they are increased. Every time this increase did not exceed inflation, a bonus was carried out. We have to see how the situation evolves in the coming months and the necessary decisions will be made,” he argued.
He affirmed that the Economy Minister “is going to announce shortly what his vision is about what needs to be done between now and the next few months to change the inflation curve and take care of prices and the table of Argentines.”
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