“Caputo’s extraordinary task and Milei’s enormous courage”: politicians’ reactions to March inflation

The ruling party celebrated this Friday the inflation rate of 11% for March, according to data published this afternoon by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC). José Luis Expert He congratulated the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, and Javier Milei, who he highlighted respectively for their “technical work” and their “political courage”. Starting from radicalism, they made a comparison with the “legacy” of Alberto Fernández and launched a call for dialogue.

On the government side, Espert was one of the first to speak out, praising the management of Caputo as head of the Treasury, Finance Minister Pablo Quirno and Santiago Bausili, who is currently head of the Central Bank.

“Inflation of 11% in March indicates that we are approaching the monthly figure. Extraordinary technical task by @LuisCaputoAR @pabloquirno y@Kicker0024 and huge clarity and political courage of the President @JMilei We are on the right track. “Argentina has a future and this future is liberal!”, wrote the economist and current deputy of La Libertad Avanza (LLA).

published this Friday the data relating to inflation for March, which according to the consumer price index (CPI) was 11%. Interannual inflation therefore remains at 287.9% and in the first quarter of the year – the first three full months of the Milei administration – already reaches 51.6%.

“Inflation of 11%, with an accumulation of 287.9% in the last 12 months, continues to be the main problem of Argentines. A figure that reflects the legacy received”, underlined the senator. Maxi Abad, which has launched an appeal for an agreement. “I repeat what I said: agreements and efforts are needed from all political actors to fight it.”

A little more subdued, the UCR deputy spoke Karina Banfiin which it is underlined that “inflation continues to be the main problem of Argentines” and that “every point implies more and more people who are unable to satisfy their basic needs”.

For his part, Juan Manuel Urtubey He warned against falling middle-class living standards and warned that “people cannot tolerate another disaster” like Alberto Fernández’s.

“The fight is not only against inflation, it is also for the Argentines. Lowering inflation and at the same time the living standards of the middle class and the most disadvantaged does not seem to be the right path. The previous government made a mess , people can’t stand another one,” said the former governor of Salta.

From the left, the first to demonstrate was Nicolás del Caño, who frontally criticized the economic management of Milei and Caputo.

The deputy of the Frente de Izquierda Unidad spoke of the “brutal recession that affects workers, small traders and all the people who suffer because of the chainsaw and the blender in their income.” And he didn’t miss the opportunity to also talk about the delay in salaries: “Milei has released all the prices in recent months except the salary, which is being ironed out.”