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Argentina Makes Grab for Pensions Amid Crisis

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The Argentine government proposes to nationalize the private pension system, which would provide much of the cash needed to meet debt payments to avoid a default. The private pension system has $30 billion in assets and has $5 billion in contributions each year. Economists say the new contributions could be used to fill some of the gap of $10-11 billion as a result of a drop in farm export prices like soyabeans, in what Arentina has to pay for debt between now and the end of 2009 for debt restructured after a 2001 default and new debt issued locally.


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