Macri´s Macro: The meandering road to stability and growth

This paper reviews the various macroeconomic stabilization programs implemented during the Macri government between 2015 and 2019. We find that after an initial success, each program was discontinued because of a distinct form of fiscal dominance: as pensions are indexed with a lag and represent a large portion of spending, quick disinflations jeopardize fiscal consolidation. Lack of progress on the fiscal front made these reversals unavoidable.