Overview

• The Budget Committee chaired by José Luis Espert convenes Wednesday at 13:00 to set the work plan for the 2026 spending bill.
• Opposition blocs reject the government’s macro path, calling a 10.1% 2026 inflation target and a year‑end dollar at 1,423 unrealistic, and seek more resources for education, health, disability programs, Garrahan Hospital and key infrastructure.
• They will press to require congressional authorization for any new borrowing and demand appearances by Economy Minister Luis Caputo and Central Bank chief Santiago Bausili to explain reserve strategy and projections.
• Government allies plan to block those summons and propose briefings by Treasury Secretary Jorge Guberman, Finance Secretary Pablo Quirno and possibly Economic Policy Secretary José Luis Daza, with an eye to stretching hearings past October’s election.
• With La Libertad Avanza holding only 6 of 49 seats in the committee, the opposition aims to force a November 20 deadline for a committee report, as the budget text pairs a fiscal‑balance rule with optimistic growth and social‑spending increases, and provinces like Mendoza advance parallel 2026 plans featuring debt rollovers and public‑works financing.