Tag: IMF

• Thursday, March 3rd 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  IMF deal draft due at Argentine Congress Thursday

  

  Argentina's Finance Ministry looked all set Wednesday to send over to Congress the intended deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), it was reported. But it was still unclear how things would play out since the ruling Frente de Todos does not have an absolute majority in either House.

• Thursday, March 3rd 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Financial rescue for embattled Ukraine from IMF and World Bank

  

  The World Bank Group announced on Wednesday that it had stopped all its programs in Russia and Belarus, with immediate effect, as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and hostilities against the people of Ukraine.

• Wednesday, March 2nd 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine president says IMF deal being fine-tuned

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday said his country was still fine-tuning details of an agreement with The International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding the repayment of a US $ 44 bn loan taken during the Mauricio Macri administration.

• Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  World Bank support for Argentina in 2022 expected to reach US$ 2bn

  

  A top-level Argentine economic and strategic delegation met in Washington with the World Bank Managing Director of Operations to address close bilateral relations, cooperation, and solid support from the bank for South America's second-largest economy.

• Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Ahead of another major blunder, an Argentine haircut for the IMF

  

  By Willem H. Buitter – By approving an unprecedentedly large loan to Argentina in mid-2018, despite the country's failure to meet basic borrowing conditions, the International Monetary Fund committed a major blunder. Rather than compounding the mistake with another similar program, it should accept reality – and responsibility.

• Friday, February 11th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Argentine opposition to support Congressional approval of IMF deal

  

  Argentina's main opposition political coalition Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC) Thursday announced it will support the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) so as to never “push Argentina to default.”

• Thursday, February 10th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  The Future of Money: Gearing up for Central Bank Digital Currency

  

  By Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director – Let me start by thanking the Atlantic Council for providing a fitting venue to discuss central banks’ forays into Digital Currencies.

• Thursday, February 3rd 2022 - 23:00 UTC

  Argentina's dependency on US needs to stop, President Fernández tells Putin

  

  President Alberto Fernández Thursday told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow that “Argentina has to stop having such a great dependency on the IMF and the United States.”

• Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 - 20:49 UTC

  IMF concerned over future of Argentine deal due to political turmoil

  

  Argentina's representative to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Sergio Chodos Wednesday said in a radio interview the multinational body was concerned after Deputy Máximo Kirchner's resignation as majority leader, which might jeopardize the Congressional approval of the preliminary understanding reached last week.

• Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina's deal with IMF will get through Congress, House Speaker says

  

  Argentina's Lower House Speaker Sergio Massa Tuesday said the ruling Frente de Todos (Everybody's Front - FdT) remained united and guaranteed the recent agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will get through Congress.