WASHINGTON/LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Friday that it has reached a staff-level agreement with Argentina to unlock about $7.5 billion and complete the fifth and sixth reviews of the struggling country's $44 billion loan program.
Reuters first reported that the agreement would combine the fifth and sixth reviews of Argentina's IMF program -- a move that provides additional loan funds sooner.
The IMF said its board would meet to consider the agreement in the second half of August.
The Fund said that the program will need waivers because these measures are "against the introduction of multiple currency practices."
Argentina is set to have another three reviews on its 2022 IMF programme by September 2024, though the IMF statement didn't specify what would happen with those.
Persons:
Sergio Massa, David Lawder, Hugh Lawson, Alistair Bell
Organizations:
WASHINGTON, Monetary Fund, Reuters, IMF, Argentine, Thomson
Locations:
LONDON, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Beijing, Washington, Rosario, London