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Road to recovery may be long for some emerging markets

By Scott Tong

September 05, 2018

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Argentina – another emerging market economy feels the heat

By Sabri Ben-Achour

August 30, 2018

Currency exchange values are displayed in the buy-sell board of a bureau de exchange in Buenos Aires, on August 29, 2018. - Argentina's President Mauricio Macri said Wednesday that the International Monetary Fund has agreed to accelerate funding in support of his government's austerity program. The development came amid heightened volatility in the South American country's financial and currency markets, which have been battered by uncertainty over inflation, an economic downturn and budget deficits. — EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty Images

What kind of shape is South America's second-largest economy in?

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Mnuchin urges trading partners to drop “non-tariff barriers”

By Marielle Segarra

July 23, 2018

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill July 12, 2018 in Washington, DC. Mnuchin answered questions about the 'the State of the International Financial System.' — Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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Lifting Argentine lemon ban will cost U.S. growers

By Adriene Hill

May 26, 2017

'We get nailed,' a California citrus trade group says.

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A brief history of Argentina's strange, complicated default

By Tony Wagner

March 23, 2016

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech during a state dinner with Argentine President Mauricio Macri at the Kirchner Cultural Centre in Buenos Aires on March 23, 2016. The United States and Argentina sealed a major trade deal on the eve -the first day of President Barack Obama's visit- bolstering the efforts of his counterpart to end a decade-and-a-half of international financial isolation. — NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images

It's been a long road from financial ruin to Tuesday's visit from Obama.

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Argentina defaults

By Lizzie O'Leary

August 01, 2014

Back in 2010, an inexplicably rapid crash in the U.S. stock market garnered the nickname the "Flash Crash." — John Moore/Getty Images

Talks broke down between Argentina and some of its bondholders, triggering default. Tim Fernholz, reporter for Quartz, explains.

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Vultures show Argentina no mercy

By Sabri Ben-Achour

July 31, 2014

A woman passes by posters on a wall against the 'vulture funds' in Buenos Aires on June 18, 2014. The posters read 'Enough Vultures - Argentine united in a national cause.' — ALEJANDRO PAGNI/AFP/Getty Images

We look at vulture funds and what they do.

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What happens if Argentina defaults?

By Sabri Ben-Achour

July 29, 2014

Argentina voiced hope Tuesday for a last minute solution to stave off a default on its debt in one day's time, but repeated its unwillingness to budge in negotiations with creditors. The poster, which depicts a U.S. and an Argentine flag, reads 'Yesterday Braden or Peron - Today Griesa or Cristina. — JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images

It’s looking increasingly likely that Argentina will default on some of its bonds.

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