Argentina may float currency freely soon

ARGENTINA - Argentina's President Eduardo Duhalde has said that it may float the peso entirely in a few months time.

A complete overhaul of the Argentine currency - previously pegged at parity with the US dollar - is part of the president's strategy to breathe new life into the battered economy.

"We think that in a period that could last three, four or five months, we could float the peso freely," Mr Duhalde told reporters.

Such a move already comes with the recommendation of the International

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