“We are genuinely very satisfied,” declared President Javier Milei of Argentina on local radio, after inflation in February fell by more than expected, to 13%. That, however, is the monthly figure. Over the past year it has amounted to 276% the highest in the world. Inflation of just 8% annually has rattled politics in richer countries.
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