News of restructuring

Government hails ‘success’ of 4.34-trillion local debt swap

10-03-2023 10:52 Argentina swaps 4.34 trillion pesos ($21.66 billion) in domestic debt, exchanging 64% of maturing notes for new ones due in 2024 and 2025.

Debt intervention

Argentina to buy back US$1 billion in foreign debt

18-01-2023 09:15 Economy Minister Sergio Massa says Argentina’s government will buy back US$1 billion of foreign debt in bid to improve the country’s debt and risk profile; Measure, confirmed via resolution published in Official Gazette, focused on global bonds maturing in 2029 and 2030.

Markets

Argentina AySA deal said to have critical mass to deter holdouts

03-12-2022 08:14 Any creditors considering holding out for a better deal in a debt restructuring offer from Argentina’s state-owned water utility AySA should probably think again.

DEBT TALKS

Massa: Argentina has reached debt agreement with Paris Club

28-10-2022 15:50 Economy minister Sergio Massa says government has "successfully" reached an agreement with the Paris Club to restructure just under US$2 billion in debt.

ECONOMY MINISTER IN WASHINGTON

IMF chief praises Massa's 'stabilising plan,' talks over review continue

12-09-2022 22:03 Argentina and the IMF to continue talks over latest disbursement of funds, says multilateral lender’s chief after high-level talks with Sergio Massa.

ECONOMY MINISTER IN WASHINGTON

New economy chief wins IMF praise on first trip

12-09-2022 20:59 IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva praises "strong steps" Economy Minister Sergio Massa has taken to stabilise the economy following meeting in Washington.

DEBT TALKS

Paris Club requires Argentina stick to IMF deal to rework debt

07-07-2022 14:20 Paris Club group of wealthy creditors says government must give assurances that it will comply with IMF deal if talks over restructuring of debt are to continue.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Argentina formalises debt repayment deferment with Paris Club

31-05-2022 13:07 President Alberto Fernández's government reaches a deal with the Paris Club to postpone payments on more than US$2 billion of debt for more than two years.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina’s US$44-billion debt plan remains unchanged despite shocks, IMF says

26-04-2022 17:19 Targets in recently minted US$44-billion agreement will remain unchanged even as some assumptions of the programme may be revised, says IMF Western Hemisphere Director Ilan Goldfajn.

PARIS CLUB DEBT

Postponement of Paris Club debt payment gives breathing room

23-03-2022 15:39 Argentina's government has secured an extension of an agreement with the Paris Club group of rich nations that allows it to postpone an imminent payment of about US$2 billion.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Argentina extends Paris Club talks over US$2 billion to June 30

23-03-2022 14:02 Argentina reaches an agreement Tuesday with a group of wealthy nations known as the Paris Club to finalise by June 30 a repayment programme on US$2 billion of debt.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Argentina to resume Paris Club talks over US$2-billion debt

22-03-2022 15:50 Argentina is resuming negotiations this week with a wealthy group of nations known as the Paris Club over US$2 billion in outstanding debt as a grace period ends.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Federico Sturzenegger: ‘Once the Central Bank is independent, the planets align’

10-03-2022 15:50 Economist Federico Sturzenegger on his time leading the Central Bank, Economy Minister Martín Guzmán and Argentina’s IMF debt deals in 2018 and 2022.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

IMF DEBT TALKS

IMF debt deal: The roots of Argentina's economic crisis

28-01-2022 22:05 Argentina, which has been battling a deep economic crisis since 2018, has unveiled a new debt repayment deal with the International Monetary Fund.

IMF DEBT TALKS

Government and opposition at loggerheads over IMF deal

18-01-2022 16:57 Meeting between government and opposition to discuss talks to restructure multi-billion-dollar debt with the International Monetary Fund fall through, casting doubt over bipartisan support for deal.

ELECTIONS 2021: ANALYSIS

How to freak out the IMF, an Argentine story

20-11-2021 11:55 It is difficult to fathom an IMF that will ink a deal with a nation that upholds dual exchange rates, price controls, relentless monetary expansion, and massive energy and utility subsidies in the context of perpetual deficits and extremely high inflation.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

IMF DEBT TALKS

Argentina ‘will not go down on its knees’ before the IMF, says president

29-10-2021 02:22 President Alberto Fernández ramps up rhetoric against International Monetary Fund as he heads tributes to the late Néstor Kirchner on the 11th anniversary of the former head of state’s death.

BLOOMBERG

Buenos Aires Province to restructure 98% of bonds in debt deal

30-08-2021 16:04 Deal caps Argentina’s most recent round of debt restructurings, after nearly every province reached deals with bondholders over the past 12 months and the national government restructured its own US$65 billion in securities a year ago.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Buenos Aires Province: Debt swap has 90% support from creditors

26-08-2021 13:37 La Plata says it has reached an agreement with 90% of creditors to restructure more than US$7 billion of foreign debt, paving the way for region to exit default after 16 months.

IMF DEBT TALKS

Guzmán discusses IMF debt With US Treasury Secretary Yellen during G20 meeting

10-07-2021 18:53 Economy Minister Martín Guzmán says he had a “valuable” discussion about IMF debt with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

DEBT TALKS

Paris Club says Argentina has committed to IMF deal by next March

23-06-2021 18:50 The government has committed to reaching an agreement with the International Monetary Fund no later than the end of March as part of an understanding with the Paris Club to avoid default.

DEBT TALKS

Guzmán confirms Argentina has reached deal with Paris Club

22-06-2021 18:04 Economy Minister Martín Guzmán confirms Argentina had reached an agreement with the Paris Club of creditor countries to avoid defaulting on a loan repayment in July.

DEBT TALKS

Argentina plans partial payment to Paris Club, averting default

22-06-2021 16:26 Government will make a partial payment to Paris Club group of creditors to avert default.

DEBT TALKS

Argentina to use Paris Club grace period to further debt talks

31-05-2021 11:04 Government to hold off on US$2.4-billion debt payment with Paris Club due Monday and will instead use a 60-day grace period to try to reach an agreement with the group and avert default.

Bloomberg

Provinces prep inflation-linked bonds forbidden by law

21-05-2021 11:57 Provincial governments, desperate for financing and excluded from international debt markets after defaulting on payments of US$13 billion, are looking for new ways to raise funds in the local bond market.

IMF DEBT TALKS

President Fernández holds 'positive' talks with IMF chief in Rome

14-05-2021 14:16 President Alberto Fernández said Friday he was hoping to renegotiate Argentina's debt "as quickly as possible," after talks with the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Rome.

DEBT TALKS

Paris Club to spare Argentina from US$2.4-billion debt default

14-05-2021 13:58 Group of major creditor nations willing to delay US$2.4-billion debt payment from Argentina due this month if the Fernández administration agrees to certain conditions.

Economy Minister interview

Argentina has 'valuable support' from European nations for IMF debt talks

19-04-2021 13:44 Economy Minister says that Argentina is making "progress" in its debt restructuring talks with the International Monetary Fund and that the country is receiving “valuable support” from European leaders.

Bloomberg

Argentina seeks Paris Club deal amid IMF talks, Guzmán says

18-04-2021 22:18 Argentina is pressing the Paris Club to renegotiate debt as separate talks to strike a deal with the International Monetary Fund drag on, says Economy Minister Martín Guzmán.

DEBT RELIEF

Mexico, Argentina urge debt relief for middle-income nations

08-04-2021 11:36 Mexico and Argentina call for international debt relief for middle-income countries home to many of the people pushed into extreme poverty by the coronavirus pandemic; IMF open to doing more to support nations hit hard by virus crisis.

News of restructuring

Government hails ‘success’ of 4.34-trillion local debt swap

Argentina to buy back US$1 billion in foreign debt

Argentina AySA deal said to have critical mass to deter holdouts

Massa: Argentina has reached debt agreement with Paris Club

IMF chief praises Massa's 'stabilising plan,' talks over review continue

New economy chief wins IMF praise on first trip

Paris Club requires Argentina stick to IMF deal to rework debt

Argentina formalises debt repayment deferment with Paris Club

Argentina’s US$44-billion debt plan remains unchanged despite shocks, IMF says

Postponement of Paris Club debt payment gives breathing room

Argentina extends Paris Club talks over US$2 billion to June 30

Argentina to resume Paris Club talks over US$2-billion debt

Federico Sturzenegger: ‘Once the Central Bank is independent, the planets align’

IMF debt deal: The roots of Argentina's economic crisis

Government and opposition at loggerheads over IMF deal

How to freak out the IMF, an Argentine story

Argentina ‘will not go down on its knees’ before the IMF, says president

Buenos Aires Province to restructure 98% of bonds in debt deal

Buenos Aires Province: Debt swap has 90% support from creditors

Guzmán discusses IMF debt With US Treasury Secretary Yellen during G20 meeting

Paris Club says Argentina has committed to IMF deal by next March

Guzmán confirms Argentina has reached deal with Paris Club

Argentina plans partial payment to Paris Club, averting default

Argentina to use Paris Club grace period to further debt talks

Provinces prep inflation-linked bonds forbidden by law

President Fernández holds 'positive' talks with IMF chief in Rome

Paris Club to spare Argentina from US$2.4-billion debt default

Argentina has 'valuable support' from European nations for IMF debt talks

Argentina seeks Paris Club deal amid IMF talks, Guzmán says

Mexico, Argentina urge debt relief for middle-income nations

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