Argentina
Argentina's peso under pressure
ARGENTINA - Argentina's currency, the peso, has fallen sharply on the money markets after a one-week suspension of trading.
Argentina to resume IMF talks
ARGENTINA - In a bid to convince the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to resume economic assistance to Argentina, economy minister, Jorge Remes Lenicov will on Tuesday visit Washington to present his package of economic measures.
IMF News Brief
NEWS BRIEF - IMF's Kohler Welcomes Remes Visit, says IMF Working Closely with Argentina, 8 February.
IMF's Krueger interviewed on the Argentina crisis
FEATURE - A Commentary by Anne Krueger, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, El Pais, 18 January.
Argentina halts currency trading
ARGENTINA - The Argentine Government has extended the closure of banks and foreign exchange centres until 11 February, giving the market more time to prepare for a full flotation of the peso.
Argentina delays floating peso
ARGENTINA - The Argentine Government has extended the closure of banks and foreign exchange centres for another two days, suspending plans to fully float the peso.
Argentina unveils crisis package
ARGENTINA - Argentina's latest move to end the country's worst economic crisis in decades has been welcomed by observers, eager to see a return to normality.
IMF tells Argentina to cut spending
ARGENTINA - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has returned to Argentina to discuss the framework of a new financial aid package for cash-starved government in Buenos Aires.
IMF's Koehler urges coherent plan from Argentina
US - The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday urged Argentine authorities to develop a comprehensive and coherent economic strategy that the lender can back with loans.
Argentina seeks US backing
ARGENTINA - Argentina's government has begun crucial financial talks in Washington, as forecasts show the economy is set to contract sharply this year despite the devaluation of the peso.
Argentine economy 'to shrink by 5%'
ARGENTINA - Argentina's economy is set to contract sharply this year, despite the devaluation of the peso. The country has been in recession for four years now
US economists to free up Argentine bank system
ARGENTINA - Adam Lerrick and Allan Meltzer, two prominent US economists, have proposed a new scheme to allow Argentines to use the money locked up in the banking system without triggering a collapse of the banks - arguably the single largest problem…
Argentina rush to contain rage over bank deposits
ARGENTINA - Argentina's new government rushed on Monday to soothe public rage over its decision to drastically reduce the dollar value of bank deposits, saying it was studying measures to ease the pain.
Argentina to ban purchase of dollars with cheques
ARGENTINA - Central Bank Director Aldo Pignanelli said that the bank will not be allowed from tomorrow to accept payment by cheque for the dollars they sell.
IMF: Argentina may spark inflation with note print
ARGENTINA - IMF Deputy Managing Director Anne Krueger said that the Argentine authorities may spark inflation if they start printing money, and thus neutralise any other economic measure taken to overcome the country's financial crisis.
Argentines angry at peso conversion
ARGENTINA - Argentines have reacted with hostility to the government's announcement that all US dollar bank accounts will be turned into the local currency, the peso.
Argentine police probe capital flight
ARGENTINA - Argentine police, probing claims of massive capital flight, have raided local offices of several major international banks.
Argentina may float currency freely soon
ARGENTINA - Argentina's President Eduardo Duhalde has said that it may float the peso entirely in a few months time.
Argentina's president calls for unity
ARGENTINA - Argentina's President, Eduardo Duhalde, has called for an "historic national dialogue" to take the country out of the worst economic crisis of its history.
IMF Press Briefing on Argentina
PRESS BRIEFING - Transcript of a Press Briefing (Teleconference) on Argentina given by Anne O. Krueger, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C. 11 January 2002.
Argentina lashes out at IMF
ARGENTINA - The interim government in Argentina has criticised the International Monetary Fund and asked it to let them get on with trying to dig the country out of its economic crisis.
Argentina's peso trades again
ARGENTINA - After three weeks which have seen Argentina default on its debts, four presidents come and go, and rioting spread in the streets, the country's currency markets are again open for business.
Argentina's central bank delays trading restart
ARGENTINA - Argentina has once again delayed the resumption of currency trading, disappointing Argentine people and businesses.
Argentina postpones currency trading
ARGENTINA - Argentina's central bank has suspended the country's foreign exchange markets until Thursday, claiming it needs more time to work out currency trading rules following the abolition of the one-to-one peso-dollar link last weekend.