The pillar, in detail
Investment (RIGI)
22
approved RIGI projects · USD 47,073 M (official portal, Aug-2026) verif · Aug 2026 ↗
What was promised
Attract large investments with 30-year fiscal stability (RIGI) → a pro-capital signal.
Where it stands today
The official RIGI portal (Ministry of Economy) lists 22 approved projects worth USD 47,073 million in declared total investment and 95,950 direct and indirect jobs: 12 in mining, 6 in oil and gas, 2 in electricity, 1 in steel and 1 in infrastructure. All 22 have their resolution published in the Official Gazette. Under evaluation it reports another 22 projects worth USD 151,936 million and 131,645 jobs, but that tranche is published only as an aggregate: there is no project-by-project list, so it cannot be audited the way the approved roster can. verif · Aug 2026 ↗
The historical series
Our reading
Trend▲ improving (editorial reading, anchored to the data)
What it enables if sustained thesis
Each approval turns promise into works → immediate demand for suppliers, services and local employment — the observatory's satellite-services thesis lives off this queue. R2
30-year fiscal stability → it turns the macro course into vested rights: even if the government changes, the project goes on. It is the contract that de-risks Argentina. R2+R1
Each approved RIGI is a signal for the next one (22 approved in the tracked portfolio as of Aug 28, all 22 with a resolution published in the Official Gazette — the latest is the expansion of the MEGA Industrial Complex, Res. 1381/2026 of Aug 26, which adds natural gas liquids at Loma La Lata and at Bahía Blanca —, plus 6 filed and 1 announced; since the 6 mining RIGIs of Jul 15 the queue is no longer energy only, and the Jul 18 reconciliation added steel): the queue is the regime's best marketing — and 18 jurisdictions have already joined by law (17 provinces + the City of Buenos Aires, as of Jun-2026). R6
What we watchReversal or delay of a key RIGI (VMOS, LNG) via injunction or a change of rule → hits the base of the thesis.
The rules that rest on the same inference11
The rule is R2 · the RIGI promise is kept. These rules declare it too: they push in the direction this axis measures. Another 2 axes of the dashboard rest on it.
Currency controls: exit for individuals and floating bandsDecree 269/2025 + BCRA Com. "A" 8226in force
The BCRA loosens the cepo: parent-company debt without asking permissionBCRA Com. "A" 8417 (Apr 9, 2026)in force
Bands tied to inflation + the BCRA buys reserves againBCRA Monetary Policy Statement (Dec 15, 2025)in force
Export blend dollar: created and then eliminatedDecree 28/2023 → repealed by Decree 269/2025in force
BOPREAL: it orders importers' debt and opens the path to ending the currency controlsBCRA Communication "A" 7918 (12/13/2023) + Decree 72/2023in force
BOPREAL Series 4: an orderly exit for the dividends the cepo had trappedBCRA Com. "A" 8233 and 8234 (Apr 30, 2025)in execution
Import payments: from the phased 30/60/90/120 to 30 daysBCRA Com. 'A' 7917 (Dec 13, 2023) → BCRA Com. 'A' 8118 (Oct 17, 2024)in force
December 2023 devaluation: dollar to $800 + 2% crawlFX policy decision by the BCRA/Economy (announced Dec 12, 2023, in force Dec 13, 2023)in force
Property shield: expropriating costs more, evicting is fasterBill PE-13/2026 (Message 22/26) — majority committee report in the Senatepending
The markets that exist because of this same inference23
Supplier niches that declare this same inference rule: this is the demand that opens up if this pillar holds.
How often it is updated
Frequency
by event — no calendar
Latest period published
2026-08
Who publishes it
The RIGI portfolio moves when a resolution is published in the Official Gazette, not by the calendar: it has no clock.
Ignacio Aredez· Chief analyst
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