The Argentine government has reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a $20 billion loan. teleSUR
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00:00In Argentina, President Javier Mele announced that the government will receive at least
00:0420 billion U.S. dollars from the International Monetary Fund.
00:07Economy Minister Luis Caputo said that the loan will be provided through a new agreement
00:11with the IMF to be signed in the next few weeks. Caputo also assured that with the agreement,
00:16it is expected that the Argentine central bank's gross reserves will increase to
00:20approximately 50 billion dollars. Media reports indicate that the minister did not specify how
00:25much of these funds will be destined to cancel the first installments of the programme closed
00:30in 2022, and how much will be destined to cancel non-transferable central bank bills
00:35held by the Treasury.