buenos aires july 11 reuters  argentinas new economy minister silvina batakis announced a series of measures aimed at cutting the countrys high fiscal deficit on monday pledging order and balance in a bid to tame spiraling inflation tumbling markets and pressure on the peso batakis who took over last week after an abrupt shakeup at the ministry said argentina will move towards positive interest rates maintain plans to cut energy subsidies and stick with goals agreed with the international monetary fund imf we need to give some order and balance to the public finances of the national state she said at a press conference in buenos aires the measures that i want to share with all of you today have to do with guaranteeing fiscal balance reporting by eliana raszewski writing by nicolas misculin editing by adam jourdan