Chimwe chezvinetso zvikuru zvakapfuudzwa naAlfonsín kwaiva kuderera kwezvoupfumi kwakakonzerwa nekuparara kwemari muna 1981-82 uye chikwereti chayo chokunze chemadhora US$43 bhiriyoni, nemari yechimbadzo yakamedza mari yose yeArgentina yemadhora US$3 bhiriyoni. Hupfumi hwakadzoka zvishoma muna 1983 somugumisiro wokubviswa kwaBignone kwokusagadzikana kwemari uye kuderera kwemitero yemari yakatemerwa ne"Circular 1050" yeCentral Bank; asi inflation yakapararira pa400%, GDP pamunhu yakaramba iri pamwero wayo wakaderera kubvira muna 1968 uye mari yakatarwa yakanga iri 40% yakaderera kupfuura muna 1980. Achidudza kanzuru yepakati-kuruboshwe inotungamirwa negurukota rezvekunze Dante Caputo uye gurukota rezvehupfumi Bernardo Grinspun (maneja wake wekushambadzira), Alfonsín akatanga hutongi hwake aine huwandu hwepamusoro hwekubvumidzwa uye nekuzadzikiswa kwezvipikirwa zvekushambadzira senge chirongwa chekubatsira chikafu che27% yevaArgentina vari pasi pehupfumi panguva iyoyo, pamwe nekudzoserwa kweBignone's Kubvumbi 1983 blanket amnesty kune avo vane mhosva yekutyora kodzero dzevanhu.
uye chirevo chake chaSeptember chinobvumira kuteererwa kwamanzwi pasina gwaro. Gurukota rezvekudzivirirwa kwenyika Raúl Borrás akakurudzira Alfonsín kubvisa Fabricaciones Militares, ipapo Argentina anotungamira kudzivirira kondirakiti, kubva kuArmed Forces 'kutonga, achiraira kuenda pamudyandigere kwemauto makumi manomwe nemauto anozivikanwa nekupikisa kwavo kuendesa kune anobhadhara kondirakiti.