News of lacunza

IMF: Argentine team expected to hold loan talks in mid-March

25-02-2021 18:22 Economy Minister Martín Guzmán will visit Washington in mid-March, confirms IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice.

IMF DEBT TALKS

IMF official: Argentina deal by May is an ambitious timeline

08-02-2021 22:11 IMF Western Hemisphere Director Alejandro Werner says May target for new financing programme is "clearly ambitious," though not "unviable."

IMF DEBT TALKS

President Fernández holds talks with IMF chief Georgieva

22-01-2021 02:25 The government is hoping to renegotiate repayments on a US$44-billion loan granted to the Mauricio Macri administration by the Fund in 2018.

IMF DEBT TALKS

Guzmán expects new program with IMF in March or April 2021

10-12-2020 02:11 Economy Minister Martín Guzmán says talks with the IMF will still "take a while," hinting a deal would be likely in March or April next year.

economy

Government officials to meet IMF in Washington in 'coming days'

04-12-2020 13:07 Government officials will meet with staff from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) soon to continue talks on a new aid programme, a Fund spokesman said Thursday.

IMF DEBT TALKS

IMF and Argentina making 'good progress' on new financing plan

22-11-2020 15:13 IMF mission team ends visit to Buenos Aires, saying that talks over a new financing plan are progressing well, with the two sides beginning to “delineate the contours” of a new deal.

IMF DEBT TALKS

Peronist senators amp up rhetoric with scathing letter to IMF chief

16-11-2020 18:05 With government in talks over new financing programme, senators from ruling Frente de Todos coalition fire off letter to IMF chief Kristialina Georgieva demanding organisation “refrain from conditioning economic policy.”

IMF DEBT TALKS

Argentina will ask IMF for Extended Fund Facility programme, says Guzmán

09-11-2020 21:55 Government will ask IMF for an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme as part of the government's efforts to delay repayments on the US$44 billion it owes, Economy Minister Martin Guzman confirms.

IMF DEBT TALKS

IMF to launch talks with Argentina over new loan next week

06-11-2020 18:27 IMF confirms mission team will arrive in Argentina to start talks with the government over a new financing programme next week.

TALKS OVER IMF PROGRAMME

IMF: Argentina needs 'credible' plan to overcome crisis

14-10-2020 15:00 Argentina's "top priority ought to be to put in place a credible and comprehensive economic agenda that balances supporting the economy and people," says IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva.

SENATE ADDRESS

Cafiero confirms government wants to postpone IMF debt repayments

07-10-2020 17:56 In address to Senate, Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero confirms government will ask the International Monetary Fund to postpone scheduled repayments on a US$44-billion loan.

IMF TEAM IN TOWN

IMF vows not to put 'pressure' on Argentina over loan

07-10-2020 00:52 Kristalina Georgieva says IMF has "no intention of putting pressure on Argentina at this time," as negotiators from Fund arrive in Buenos Aires for talks.

IMF DEBT TALKS

IMF team arrives in Argentina with Fernández seeking deal ASAP

05-10-2020 10:07 President Alberto Fernández says he’s seeking an agreement with Fund “as soon as possible,” in order to "clear up any doubts.”

New financing programme

IMF says it will send mission team to Argentina in October

24-09-2020 18:50 IMF says a mission team will visit Argentina at the start of next month, as talks over a new financing programme begin in earnest.

Bloomberg

Argentina won’t seek fresh IMF funding in upcoming talks

27-08-2020 22:48 Argentina's representative to IMF, Sergio Chodos, says country won't seek fresh funding during talks over new financing programme.

IMF DEBT TALKS

Government formally opens debt rescheduling talks with IMF

27-08-2020 02:30 Government formally opens talks with IMF over new terms for repayment of record US$57-billion bailout agreed in 2018 by Macri administration.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING DEAL

Support – and silence – from opposition economists in wake of debt deal

05-08-2020 00:31 Luis Caputo the most effusive in celebrating the government's deal with creditors, while Hernán Lacunza and Lucas Llach also express support. Alfonso Prat-Gay, the former official who was most critical of the deal, leads the criticism.

by Andrés Fidanza

PERIODISMO PURO / INTERVIEW

Hernán Lacunza: ‘We can’t reset the economy every four years, as we’ve been doing since 1945’

18-07-2020 08:30 Former finance minister Hernán Lacunza on Argentina’s debt restructuring efforts, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, inflation and more.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

IMF backs Argentina's debt offer, saying only 'limited scope' to improve it

01-06-2020 15:21 IMF makes another public push to support the government’s debt restructuring offer, saying there's here’s little room to further increase payments to private creditors.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING TALKS

Argentina aiming to sign new IMF programme in 2020, says Guzmán

28-05-2020 23:30 "It is something that is going to happen in the course of 2020," says Economy Minister Martín Guzmán.

DEBTORS & CREDITORS

IMF ‘stands ready to help Argentina’ through ‘difficult times’ ahead

09-05-2020 07:57 Fund spokesperson Gerry Rice ‘hopeful’ deal can be reached with creditors to avoid default.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Government proposes US$69-billion debt restructuring plan

10-03-2020 08:15 With Decree 250/2020, government confirms proposal to restructure US$69 billion of public debt.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

IMF says Argentina's debt burden is 'unsustainable'

19-02-2020 18:27 Review by International Monetary Fund mission team paves the way for the government to ask private bondholders to take on losses, as it prepares to renegotiate its obligations.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Debt talks with IMF begin in Buenos Aires

13-02-2020 10:11 About 6,000 people demonstrated in front of Congress in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, shouting "IMF get out!" as negotiations over debt restructuring begins in earnest.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Protesters set to rally as IMF arrives for debt restructuring talks

12-02-2020 08:41 Demonstrators will take to the streets of the capital this afternoon, as IMF officials arrive in Buenos Aires and Economy Minister Martín Guzmán presents his fiscal plan before Congress.

Bloomberg

IMF heads to BA for talks with poker-faced Fernández

11-02-2020 09:01 President Alberto Fernández has likened renegotiating the nation’s debt load to playing poker – but this week, he'll finally have to show some of his cards.

FUND CONFIRMS

IMF mission team extends Buenos Aires trip to full week

11-02-2020 08:39 Spokesperson for the International Monetary Fund confirms that mission team will stay full week in Argentina, longer than three days originally planned, with talks over nation's debt burden set to enter crucial stage.

by James Grainger

IMF CREDIT-LINE

Fernández says he won't seek remaining US$11 billion from IMF

26-11-2019 19:29 President-elect says he will not seek disbursement of the remaining US$11 billion of Argentina's record US$57-billion credit-line with the International Monetary Fund.

NATIONAL STATISTICS BUREAU

Government pushes bill to protect INDEC bureau from 'political pressures'

22-11-2019 10:48 Bill sent to Congress would turn bureau into independent and autonomous unit, amid fears Kirchnerite figures may intervene in institution after December 10.

Bloomberg

Government says it has met targets to receive more IMF money

30-09-2019 17:58 “Argentina, as I’ve said many times, has complied with all targets required for this disbursement to happen,” says Central Bank chief Guido Sandleris.

argentina

What we learned this week: September 22 to 27

28-09-2019 03:55 Key stories from the last seven days.

PAYMENTS

Difficult to find 'quick path forward' for Argentina, says IMF

26-09-2019 15:21 IMF officials refused to say Thursday when it will disburse last US$5.4 billion of loan to Argentina that was originally planned for mid-September, as reports suggest World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank may also delay payments.

ARGENTINA & THE IMF

New IMF chief meets briefly with Finance Minister Lacunza

26-09-2019 09:29 "I look forward to working with the authorities when I assume my duties on October 1. Argentina is an important member of the IMF and we want it to do well," Kristalina Georgieva posts on Twitter after meeting Finance Minister Hernán Lacunza.

BLOOMBERG

IMF’s Lipton says relationship with Argentina ‘may have to wait’

25-09-2019 15:27 "Argentina’s situation right now is extremely complex," Acting IMF head tells Bloomberg.

BLOOMBERG

Lagarde: IMF did 'best we could' given Argentina's 'difficult situation'

25-09-2019 12:55 Former IMF managing director and soon-to-be European Central Bank chief says the IMF is often unfairly blamed when things go awry.

IMF CREDIT-LINE

IMF: We will continue to support Argentina in its 'difficult situation'

24-09-2019 20:31 IMF acting chief David Lipton said he had "a constructive meeting" with President Mauricio Macri, Finance Minister Hernán Lacunza and Central Bank Governor Guido Sandleris in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

ECONOMIC TEAM IN NYC

Lacunza, Sandleris look to charm investors, IMF in New York

24-09-2019 10:34 With President Mauricio Macri mixing with world leaders at the UN General Assembly, finance minister and Central Bank chief are looking to persuade key stakeholders that Argentina deserves their backing.

BLOOMBERG

Hernán Lacunza: Government's debt plan needs approval from opposition

20-09-2019 16:49 Government sent a bill to Congress late Thursday to kick start talks around extending maturities on local law bonds to alleviate fears of a looming default.

IMF BAIL-OUT

Lagarde: Argentina crisis would have been much worse without IMF

20-09-2019 16:08 Crisis would have been much worse had the International Monetary Fund not stepped in with a massive rescue programme, outgoing IMF chief declares in interview.

BUDGET PROPOSAL

Lacunza admits economic results have been 'lower than expected'

16-09-2019 17:35 Addressing Congress, where he was presenting the government's draft 2020 Budget proposal, the new minister put the record down to a "combination of inheritance, miscoordination and external factors."

CREDIT-LINE

IMF likely to withhold loan tranche for Argentina until policy fog lifts

15-09-2019 08:31 Next US$5.4 billion disbursement is scheduled for on or after Sunday, but IMF will postpone until greater clarity appears over likely policy landscape moving forward.

WHAT NOW?

Back in black

14-09-2019 00:52 It’s obvious that the president’s economic philosophy is as far possible from currency controls and interventionism of financial markets as possible.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

argentina

What we learned this week: September 8 to 13

13-09-2019 23:11 Key stories from the last seven days.

IMF CREDIT-LINE

Reports: IMF to delay Argentina's next loan tranche until after election

13-09-2019 13:39 Local and international outlets says officials evaluating how to push the next US$5.4-billion tranche back, with IMF prepared to adopt "all possible bureaucratic measures" to "stretch deadlines as much as possible."

CREDIT-LINE

Finance Minister Lacunza to meet with IMF in Washington next month

12-09-2019 15:38 An IMF spokesman on Thursday said the institution was still in negotiations with Argentina, but noted that market conditions and political uncertainty had cast a cloud over the talks.

Election 2019

Show me the money

07-09-2019 00:52 Hernán Lacunza, meanwhile, has declared that the measures to appease jittery savers “are working” and the exodus of deposits is slowing down.

by Martín Gambarotta

IMF LOAN

'We've complied with everything' – Macri confident over next IMF loan tranche

05-09-2019 13:55 The IMF is currently assessing whether to pay out a further US$5.4 billion to the government, the latest phase of its record US$56-billion loan to Argentina.

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Will the crisis in Argentina hurt the IMF's reputation?

05-09-2019 09:47 Experts say a fundamental mistake by the IMF was to push for too-strict cuts even when the Argentine economy entered recession.

BUENOS AIRES CITY

Bank queues return to BA as currency controls kick in

03-09-2019 08:03 Queues outside banks seen once again outside branches, as Argentines get used to new capital controls.

BLOOMBERG

Government and IMF in talks over September monetary policy target

03-09-2019 07:32 Gustavo Sandleris said the Central Bank had failed to meet its monetary base goals for July and August, allowing the total amount of cash in circulation to rise above its target of 1.34 trillion pesos.

News of lacunza

IMF: Argentine team expected to hold loan talks in mid-March

IMF official: Argentina deal by May is an ambitious timeline

President Fernández holds talks with IMF chief Georgieva

Guzmán expects new program with IMF in March or April 2021

Government officials to meet IMF in Washington in 'coming days'

IMF and Argentina making 'good progress' on new financing plan

Peronist senators amp up rhetoric with scathing letter to IMF chief

Argentina will ask IMF for Extended Fund Facility programme, says Guzmán

IMF to launch talks with Argentina over new loan next week

IMF: Argentina needs 'credible' plan to overcome crisis

Cafiero confirms government wants to postpone IMF debt repayments

IMF vows not to put 'pressure' on Argentina over loan

IMF team arrives in Argentina with Fernández seeking deal ASAP

IMF says it will send mission team to Argentina in October

Argentina won’t seek fresh IMF funding in upcoming talks

Government formally opens debt rescheduling talks with IMF

Support – and silence – from opposition economists in wake of debt deal

Hernán Lacunza: ‘We can’t reset the economy every four years, as we’ve been doing since 1945’

IMF backs Argentina's debt offer, saying only 'limited scope' to improve it

Argentina aiming to sign new IMF programme in 2020, says Guzmán

IMF ‘stands ready to help Argentina’ through ‘difficult times’ ahead

Government proposes US$69-billion debt restructuring plan

IMF says Argentina's debt burden is 'unsustainable'

Debt talks with IMF begin in Buenos Aires

Protesters set to rally as IMF arrives for debt restructuring talks

IMF heads to BA for talks with poker-faced Fernández

IMF mission team extends Buenos Aires trip to full week

Fernández says he won't seek remaining US$11 billion from IMF

Government pushes bill to protect INDEC bureau from 'political pressures'

Government says it has met targets to receive more IMF money

What we learned this week: September 22 to 27

Difficult to find 'quick path forward' for Argentina, says IMF

New IMF chief meets briefly with Finance Minister Lacunza

IMF’s Lipton says relationship with Argentina ‘may have to wait’

Lagarde: IMF did 'best we could' given Argentina's 'difficult situation'

IMF: We will continue to support Argentina in its 'difficult situation'

Lacunza, Sandleris look to charm investors, IMF in New York

Hernán Lacunza: Government's debt plan needs approval from opposition

Lagarde: Argentina crisis would have been much worse without IMF

Lacunza admits economic results have been 'lower than expected'

IMF likely to withhold loan tranche for Argentina until policy fog lifts

Back in black

What we learned this week: September 8 to 13

Reports: IMF to delay Argentina's next loan tranche until after election

Finance Minister Lacunza to meet with IMF in Washington next month

Show me the money

'We've complied with everything' – Macri confident over next IMF loan tranche

Will the crisis in Argentina hurt the IMF's reputation?

Bank queues return to BA as currency controls kick in

Government and IMF in talks over September monetary policy target

Prosecutor to probe City Hall over ‘privatisation’ of vaccine campaign

Slow justice for women abused by Chile's dictatorship

City Hall keen to attract digital nomads to Buenos Aires

‘Held to ransom’: Pfizer demands governments gamble with state assets to secure vaccine deal

Five-star River Plate hammer Racing in Supercopa Argentina-2019 final

Dalbón y las acusaciones de Cristina contra los jueces: "Yo estaría temblando"

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El error de Sandra Pitta al criticar la campaña de vacunación en Argentina

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