BUENOS AIRES Nov 29 (Reuters) - Argentina's primary budget
surplus was 412.5 million pesos ($67.2 million) in September,
the government said in a statement on Friday, down from 534.8
million pesos in the same month last year and 912.5 million
pesos in August.
For the first nine months of the year, the surplus was
$6.856 billion pesos.
The primary budget balance shows government finances before
debts are paid. Argentina has been virtually shut out of global
credit markets since a 2002 default, and it uses the central
bank's international reserves to repay private creditors.