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Argentina: Ex-Post Evaluation of Exceptional Access Under the 2018 Stand-By Arrangement-Press Release and Staff Report

December 22, 2021

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Argentina: Ex-Post Evaluation of Exceptional Access Under the 2018 Stand-By Arrangement-Press Release and Staff Report, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2021) accessed October 11, 2024

Summary

On June 20, 2018, the Executive Board approved the largest stand-by arrangement in the Fund’s history, in support of Argentina’s 2018-21 economic program. After an augmentation in October 2018, access under the arrangement amounted to US$57 billion (1,227 percent of Argentina’s IMF quota). The program saw only four of the planned twelve reviews completed, and did not fulfil the objectives of restoring confidence in fiscal and external viability while fostering economic growth. The arrangement was canceled on July 24, 2020.

Subject: Exchange rates, Fiscal consolidation, Fiscal policy, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Inflation targeting, International organization, Monetary policy, Prices, Public debt

Keywords: Argentina program, Caribbean, Exchange rates, Fiscal consolidation, Fund policy, Global, Government ownership, IMF arrangement, IMF financial support, Inflation, Inflation targeting, Policy choice, Policy space

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    135

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2021/279

  • Stock No:

    1ARGEA2021001

  • ISBN:

    9781616357993

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685