Milei comments on Argentina's financial achievements

Argentine President Javier Milei highlighted the maintenance of financial and primary surplus in October, calling it an "iron anchor" for the country.

President Javier Milei celebrated the fact that Argentina managed to maintain a financial and primary surplus last October, the month of the legislative elections, and stated on his social networks: "The iron anchor." "PS: if you could see how beautiful Argentina is… it is already cleaning up all the vices of populists…", added the head of state in his X account. The primary surplus in the National Public Sector (SPN) was last month 823,925 million pesos and the financial surplus was 517,672 million pesos, reported the Ministry of Economy, confirmed by the Argentine News Agency. The head of the ministry, Luis Caputo, in this regard, detailed that in the first ten months of 2025, the primary surplus was 1.4% of GDP and the financial surplus was approximately 0.5%.

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