First expression of the international organism in the middle of the dialogue carried out officials of Casa Rosada.
A large delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)He arrived in the country to sustain a series of meetings with the Technical teams of the Ministry of Economy. The government needs to bring positions with the agency led by Kristalina Georgieva To specify a new disbursement that robust dollars of dollars.
Within that framework, already waiting for an official statement, the international agency expressed its optimism behind meetings. “An IMF mission visited Buenos Aires last week to advance conversations about a new program. The dialogue was highly constructive and positive. The technical teams will continue to talk in the coming weeks, “they said.
Last week, when receiving in Switzerland the Röpke award awarded by the Liberal Institut, The President Javier Milei He raised in his speech that his management plans “different alternatives” to contain the assets and specify the departure of the stocks. Among them, he pointed to the taking a new credit: “Meetings with the IMF we have had in Washington have been very positive”
In another sense, the presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni He indicated that “There is no certain date for the signing of an agreement“, but considered that” there will be no inconvenience “to guarantee them because because “There was no again that an Argentine government did what the accounts had to do it and ordered you.” Even so, it is speculated that the agreement is made this year, since it was the deadline that the Government announced for the end of the regime of the exchange rate.
New agreement
At the end of December it was officially known that “the authorities have formally expressed their interest in moving on to a new program and the negotiations are underway,” he announced Julie Kozack, spokeswoman for the multilateral agency, before a scope consultationwithin the framework of a press conference offered in Washington and then remember that the Extended SAF facilities program culminated at the end of 2024.
On that occasion, Kozack explained that the technical teams of the Fund were working with the Argentine authorities.
In turn, the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo said he estimated that “for the first four -month period” of this year “we will reach a new agreement.”
Also and regarding exchange restrictions, he said that to lift them, it will be needed:
- That inflation conveys to the level of the crawl.
- The second finish balance the money market, demand and supply of weights.
- Finally, reach the agreement with the IMF. “If these three goals are met, we will probably be in a position to leave the stock.”
Source: Ambito
