The Argentine mint in danger of stopping

[on the brink]

Twenty five employees are sick with the virus, and one of the two printing plants had to shut down for three days. Both plants have been working three shifts, 24/7, printing pesos to finance government subsidies.

Could it be Divine intervention? Or will the Ks blame the usual suspects, Macri and Clarin?

La ola de contagios de coronavirus llegó a la Casa de la Moneda: ¿y si hay que parar de imprimir billetes?

En la imprenta principal ya hay 25 empleados contagiados. Una de las sedes se detuvo tres días.

www.clarin.com

The printing presses keep such a frantic pace that both plants are using 40% more energy than last year.
Get ready for the next bout of inflation.

 

[antipodean]

Gold. “Vamos a seguir así, imprimiendo hasta que se nos acabe la tinta” - finally someone to sum up this government’s current economic strategy in one sentence.

 

[sts7049]

what beautiful irony

 

[toongeorges]

The printing presses keep such a frantic pace that both plants are using 40% more energy than last year.
Get ready for the next bout of inflation.

40% more energy means a GDP growth of 40% according to the Argentine government:

https://www.clarin.com/economia/eco...ctivacion-economia-argentina_3_ANoA3rNbr.html

 

[on the brink]

40% more energy means a GDP growth of 40% according to the Argentine government:

Nice storytelling. As we used to say in my youth: "Ahora contame una de pistoleros" - Now, tell me one with cowboys.