Argentina's draft 2025 budget foresees 5% GDP growth

September 15, 2024 9:46 PM EDT

Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Caputo is pictured on the day President Javier Milei presents the fiscal year 2025 budget, at the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 15, 2024. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The draft of Argentina's 2025 budget foresees the economy expanding 5% and the primary fiscal surplus representing 1.3% of gross domestic product, according to a summary document issued by the Economy Ministry on Sunday.

The draft budget also projects inflation of 18.3% and for the exchange rate to reach 1,207 pesos per dollar by the end of the year.

(Reporting by Hernan Nessi, Writing by Daina Beth Solomon; Editing by Kim Coghill)



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