Traditional economic theory indicates that a very effective way to lower inflation is to raise interest rAtes so they are very positive. In turn this causes a severe recession. This is exactly what’s happening in Argentina.
Will these sky high rates drop inflation rates?. Maybe, maybe not, and that’s because Argentina continues to be a very closed economy.
If macri continues to insist with high interest rates and eliminates the fiscal and trade deficits for more than one year or two, perhaps then inflation will drop dramatically. In the meantime, poor argentinos. They will suffer but this also opens up opportunities.