Tailor-made debt interventions

This year, the government intends to employ à la carte measures - adjusted to the economic profile of each debtor - to resolve the major problem of private debt management.

Market pressure for debt writeoffs and extensive and favorable repayment programs has grown, but the government is also under pressure from its creditors to preserve the payment culture and avoid slipping back toward horizontal solutions that could be taken advantage of by those who are quite capable of meeting their obligations.

In this context, the Finance Ministry will seek to make the most of the year's first few weeks to record the consequences of the pandemic after the loss of most of the festive season turnover, and then announce new targeted measures.

One of the interventions the market is anticipating is an increase in the number of tranches for the payment of dues to the tax...