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Argentina's Return to Honest Accounting Is More Than Just Numbers

By Brendan O'Boyle

The IMF's endorsement of Argentina’s statistics agency should help attract investment - and renew trust in damaged institutions.

Nearly four years after Argentina became the first country to be censured by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for providing inaccurate data on inflation and economic growth, the international body on Nov. 9 restored the country to good standing. The move provided a win for the government’s reform agenda and offered a positive...

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