Wall Street and Argentine economists are sketching out a range of possible outcomes, one more painful than the next.

Argentine economists note that in technical terms converting to a dollar economy would be no large feat.

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Many Argentine economists, bankers and Government officials had been saying for months that the austral was greatly overvalued.

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"Wal-Mart seemed to be learning by doing, and that can be very expensive," said Martin Redrado, an Argentine economist.

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