Argentina's Milei taps ex-central banker Caputo to fix economy in crisis

FILE PHOTO: Former governor of Argentina's central bank, Luis Caputo, speaks alongside Economy Minister Nicolas Dujovne during a news conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina May 4, 2018. Picture taken May 4, 2018. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci/File Photo

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina President-elect Javier Milei will appoint Luis Caputo as his economy minister, he said in a radio interview on Wednesday in Buenos Aires, after a two-day trip to the United States.

Caputo, seen as a market-friendly pick, was part of the entourage that traveled with the radical libertarian, whose plans to lead the country out of an economic crisis include dollarizing Argentina, erasing the fiscal deficit and closing the central bank.