Despite the "blender plan", public debt increased more than US$ 10,000 million in January. It increased again after the fall it had had after the December devaluation.

The majority of the debt in pesos is tied to inflation and the dollar. The debt with the IMF rose from US$ 40,899 million to US$ 43,157 million. The Ministry of Finance clarifies that the dollar is used as the unit of account to provide comparability and standardize the statistics.