Tag: Azucena Arbeleche

• Friday, October 15th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  IDB 2022 Annual Assembly to be held in Uruguayan resort of Punta del Este

  

  The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will hold its 2022 annual meeting of governors between March 17 and 20, 2022 at the most exclusive Uruguayan beach resort of Punta del Este, it was announced this week in Washington DC.

• Thursday, July 29th 2021 - 07:46 UTC

  Uruguay economy forecasted to grow 3,5% in 2021, with inflation above target, Central bank report

  

  The Uruguayan Central bank in its second-quarter Monetary Policy report forecasted a 3,5% expansion for the country's economy, the same as the estimate of the Finance ministry, but anticipated higher inflation because of an increase in public rates and commodities.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Price of fuel goes up 12% in Uruguay

  

  The Government of Uruguay Monday announced a 12% increase in the price of fuels due to the increase in the international value of oil, a product that Uruguay imports 100%.

• Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  Uruguayan ministers travel to Paraguay to discuss flexibilization of Mercosur

  

  Uruguay's Economy Minister Azucena Arbeleche and Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo travelled to Paraguay Friday to discuss with the local administration of President Mario Abdo Benítez new steps towards flexibilities Mercosur's rules.

• Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Investor confidence in Uruguay allows for local currency bond issue

  

  Uruguay placed on the market a new 10-year peso bond for the equivalent of US $ 1,166 million at an interest rate of 8.25% per year, reported the Minister of Economy, Azucena Arbeleche. It is the lowest interest rate in the historical comparison of emissions by Uruguay.

• Thursday, May 28th 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  IDB US$ 1,7bn loan for Uruguay to address the Covid-19 pandemic

  

  Uruguay's Economy minister Azucena Arbeleche confirmed that the Inter American Development Bank had awarded the country a 1,7bn dollars soft loan to address the sanitary, social and economic emergency as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Thursday, August 8th 2013 - 13:52 UTC

  Uruguay concludes successfully the issue of a new 2024 global bond

  

  Uruguay sold 2 billion in a new 2024 global bond at a yield of 4.521% as a part of a debt liability operation that includes a debt swap, the government said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2013 - 02:39 UTC

  Uruguay floats 2bn dollars in bonds to help spread debt payment

  

  Uruguay priced 2 billion dollars in 10-year benchmark sovereign bond on Tuesday at a spread of 187.5 basis points over US Treasuries as part of the government's bid to improve its debt profile, according to reports from Thomson Reuter’s unit IFR. The bond priced at 99.833 with a 4.5% coupon and 4.521% yield, according to IFR.

• Wednesday, June 6th 2012 - 06:27 UTC

  Uruguay planning to expand nascent sovereign debt market to improve liquidity

  

  Uruguay wants to expand its nascent local sovereign debt market to improve the liquidity of its securities, said Azucena Arbeleche, the head of the country’s debt management unit at the Ministry of Economy and Finance.