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Montevideo, April 24th 2024 - 06:10 UTC

Tag: Pedro Lacoste

  • Monday, May 2nd 2016 - 07:54 UTC

    Argentine needs US$ 37bn to address the budget deficit and foreign debt payments

    The government will “very soon” issue a new Treasury note to capture dollars that are being stored “under the mattress”, Finance Secretary Luis Caputo said.

    Argentina will issue a fresh round of dollar-denominated debt notes worth an estimated US$8 billion in the next few days, top officials from the Finance Ministry confirmed. The government will “very soon” issue a new Treasury note to capture dollars that are being stored “under the mattress” in a process that will kick off with a meeting with bankers, Finance Secretary Luis Caputo said.The Argentine government hopes to bring in US$5 billion through the issuance.