News of outlook

Latin America won’t see pre-virus growth until 2023, IMF says

22-10-2020 18:00 Most countries in Latin America will be unable to return to their pre-pandemic growth levels until 2023, says the IMF.

debt talks

IMF in 'initial stages' of Argentina loan talks: official

10-09-2020 18:27 The IMF is in the early phase of talks with Argentina over a new financing programme, and is gathering information on how best to help the country, confirms spokesperson.

BLOOMBERG

Suspension of local debt payments shows not all bondholders are equal

06-04-2020 16:11 Plan to stop payments on some dollar-denominated debt burns investors who put their faith in domestic bonds, improves outlook for holders of international notes.

Argentina & the IMF

IMF to hold remote consultations with Argentina amid coronavirus pandemic

03-04-2020 11:21 The government announced this week that it intends to seek a new IMF programme that will allow the existing one to be refinanced until the country can tap debt markets again. The IMF’s normal yearly check-up, an Article IV review, will now likely take place remotely.

Bloomberg

IMF cannot offer Argentina a haircut on loan, Georgieva says

17-02-2020 08:36 IMF chief rules out a haircut, but says her organisation backs Alberto Fernández administration's bid to return country to growth.

PRESIDENTIAL HANDOVER

IMF chief says Fund remains committed to Argentina

10-12-2019 23:27 Kristalina Georgieva says International Monetary Fund remains committed to Argentina as President Alberto Fernández is sworn in as new leader.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation at 57.3%, economy to shrink 3.1% – IMF revises 2019 forecasts

15-10-2019 13:40 Fund confirms Argentina's economy shrank by 2.5% in 2018 and predicts inflation will hit 39.2% in 2020.

Global economic outlook

OECD: Trade tensions slam brakes on global economy

19-09-2019 09:41 In an update to its economic forecasts from May, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development cuts global growth forecast for year to 2.9%, predicts 2.7% contraction for Argentina.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

IMF: Venezuelan economy to contract by further 35% this year

30-07-2019 12:36 The cumulative decline of the Venezuelan economy since 2013 will reach 65%, among the deepest five-year contractions around the world over the last half century, the International Monetary Fund has announced.

BLOOMBERG

Moody’s puts Argentina on negative outlook on uncertainty

15-07-2019 08:34 Ratings company shifts outlook from stable to negative, citing rising uncertainty about economic policy and risk of additional “damaging currency shocks.”

News of outlook

Latin America won’t see pre-virus growth until 2023, IMF says

IMF in 'initial stages' of Argentina loan talks: official

Suspension of local debt payments shows not all bondholders are equal

IMF to hold remote consultations with Argentina amid coronavirus pandemic

IMF cannot offer Argentina a haircut on loan, Georgieva says

IMF chief says Fund remains committed to Argentina

Inflation at 57.3%, economy to shrink 3.1% – IMF revises 2019 forecasts

OECD: Trade tensions slam brakes on global economy

IMF: Venezuelan economy to contract by further 35% this year

Moody’s puts Argentina on negative outlook on uncertainty

Workers who took photos with Maradona’s dead body apologise

Outrage as photos of Maradona's dead body in coffin leak online

Buenos Aires to re-open for national and international tourism

John Mearsheimer: ‘A war between the United States and China in 2021 is possible’

In Maradona's shadow

Mar del Plata: llegó de vacaciones, dio marcha atrás con el auto y mató a su esposa

Fotos de Maradona: el empleado de la funeraria tiene antecedentes por violencia de género

En el Gobierno temen a un 'efecto bajón' que se profundice con la muerte del Diez

Se entregó Diego Molina, el empleado de la funeraria que sacó fotos del cuerpo de Maradona

El Gobierno llama a nuevos voluntarios para la vacuna contra el coronavirus