17,000% inflation rate is tough to equate to a sinking ship. It's not the leak or the water, more like the terror of the ships inhabitants running out of air or space. Government spending and high taxes are the leak and flooding. The titanic can be the most beautiful ship at the bottom of the ocean. I wonder if the problem might be reduced spending and reduced taxes. It might look like patching the hole, but pumping out the water slowly.
I think a good indicator of the progress or not, being made in Argentina. Look at the companies with the most employees. Those same companies that produce globally purchased products. Find out, from the purchasers of those products. if those products are reducing in quality or quantity.