MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Argentina to pay maturing debts in third quarter with central bank reserves
Payments include the cancelling of the iconic Boden 2012 The Argentine central bank will affect 4.165 billion dollars from the bank’s freely available reserves to honour government debt maturing in the third quarter, it was officially announced.
According to Central bank sources the reserves will be used to repay loans from multilateral credit organizations that must be honoured until September equivalent to 1.597 billion dollars and 2.568 to cancel debt form private holders.
This last sum will cancel the 2.2 billion dollars Boden 2012, which is a benchmark for the administration of President Cristina Fernandez.
The bond was issued ten years ago as a compensation for the forced ‘pesification’ of deposits in dollars when the Argentine economy melted and the financial system collapsed. However, currently seven out ten Boden 2012 are in the hands of foreign holders.
The administration of President Cristina Fernandez is planning a big celebration when the Boden 2012 is finally cancelled sometime in August because it means the end of the 2001/2002 default commitments.
Argentina’s central bank reserves at the end of June stood at 46.429 billion dollars according to official data.
The Argentine Treasury will hand the Central bank a Treasury bill equivalent to the sum requested, to be fully reimbursed in ten years time with an interest rate equivalent to what Argentina receives for depositing its international reserves during that period with a maximum of the Libor annual rate minus one percentage point.
Interests will be paid twice a year.
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Read all commentsSort of like “check kiting” paying one debt with one account and then using another account to pay that one...
Jul 07th, 2012 - 01:31 am 0Great hint for investors: sell short Argentine bonds...
#1: Bonds 2012 are paid from the treasury, and the government gives the Argentine treasury notes such debt. Bonds 2012 by 70% belong to foreigners, but the new debt will be the state with the same state. To me, it seems perfect.
Jul 07th, 2012 - 02:34 am 0Los bonos 2001/2002 se pagan con dinero del tesoro, y el gobierno le entrega al tesoro argentino esas notas de deuda. Los bonos 2001/2002 pertenecen en un 70% a extrangeros, pero la nueva deuda será del estado con el mismo estado. Me parece perfecto.
because it means the end of the 2001/2002 default commitments..um except for the holdouts, Defaulted Paris Club debt and ICSID judgments...shh maybe no one will mention that!
Jul 07th, 2012 - 03:35 am 0AND teh kicker...Arg Treasury is paying 12-13 pts BELOW what the Int'l mkt charges Argentina if they could issue a U$ denominated bond...that's a great rate! Seems like Rgs need some crisco and they don't even know it!
losers
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