{"id":62085,"date":"2026-05-11T20:17:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/argentinas-country-risk-drops-below-500-points-for-first-time-since-january\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T20:17:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:17:39","slug":"argentinas-country-risk-drops-below-500-points-for-first-time-since-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/argentinas-country-risk-drops-below-500-points-for-first-time-since-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina\u2019s country risk drops below 500 points for first time since January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \t\t\t\t\t                       \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t Argentina\u2019s country risk fell 2.4% on Monday, dropping to 498 basis points, the lowest it\u2019s been since January of this year. The development comes on the heels of credit rating agency Fitch\u2019s decision to upgrade the country\u2019s sovereign credit rating to B- last week.<\/p>\n<p>    The development did not go unnoticed by the government.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Felipe N\u00fa\u00f1ez, a key member of Luis Caputo\u2019s team, announced it on his X social media account: \u201cGentlemen, country risk currently stands at 498 points.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Caballeros, el riesgo pa\u00eds se encuentra en los 498 ptos en estos momentos.<br \/>\n\ud83e\udd81\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7\ud83d\udcc8<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Felipe N\u00fa\u00f1ez \ud83e\udd85 (@Felii_N) May 11, 2026    Argentine sovereign bonds denominated in U.S. dollars \u2014 Bonares and Globales \u2014 are trading higher at the start of the week. Dollar-denominated sovereign bonds are rising 0.2%, bringing their gains to 3% in the first part of May. The S&#038;P Merval gains 0.4% while Wall Street remains near record highs.<\/p>\n<p>    The B- credit score is six notches below investment grade, which indicates low default risk and high security for investors. Currently six Latin American countries hold investment-grade status: Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Panama, Mexico, and Paraguay.<\/p>\n<p>    The performance of Argentine bonds    Hard-currency bonds are up by 0.9%, led by the Global 2038 bond, followed by the Global 2046 (+0.8%) and the Bonar 2041 (+0.5%). Against this backdrop, the country risk index falls to 498 basis points.<\/p>\n<p>    The performance of Argentine bonds stands out on a Monday marked by predominantly negative trading across the region\u2019s main markets. Government bonds from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay are all trading lower.<\/p>\n<p>    Locally, the S&#038;P Merval rises 1.1% to 2,799,613.94 points. Among the leading stocks posting the strongest gains are YPF (+3.3%), Pampa Energ\u00eda (+2.9%), and Edenor (+1.9%).<\/p>\n<p>    Meanwhile, ADRs and Argentine stocks listed on Wall Street are trading mostly higher. YPF, Edenor, and Pampa Energ\u00eda lead gains with increases of 3.8%, 3.3%, and 3.2%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>    According to the analyst of Puente Argentina\u2019s newsletter, \u201cThis week\u2019s main focus, in terms of data releases, will be the April 2026 Consumer Price Index (CPI), which will be published on Thursday. In this regard, the Market Expectations Survey (REM) forecasts a monthly increase of 2.6%. In addition, the National Treasury will carry out May\u2019s first debt auction on Wednesday, while the menu of instruments will be announced on Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    With information from Ambito<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argentina\u2019s country risk fell 2.4% on Monday, dropping to 498 basis points, the lowest it\u2019s been since January of this year. The development comes on the heels of credit rating agency Fitch\u2019s decision to upgrade the country\u2019s sovereign credit rating to B- last week. The development did not go unnoticed by the government.\u00a0 Felipe N\u00fa\u00f1ez, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":62086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16118,7113,42,63],"tags":[16117,8620,96,1692],"class_list":["post-62085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-argentine-bonds","category-country-risk","category-economics","category-markets","tag-argentine-bonds","tag-country-risk","tag-economics","tag-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}