THE REVIEWUnder the terms of the $44 billion program agreed in 2022, the funds are released in tranches based on regular reviews of steps Argentina takes to shore up its economy.
The IMF did not respond to a request for comment on the likelihood of a board meeting soon to discuss the Argentina program.
Argentina made the last IMF payment due end-June partially with its holdings of IMF special-drawing rights (SDRs), but analysts calculated that this has wiped out the country's $1.65 billion in IMF reserve assets.
Argentina used $1.1 billion in yuan from a recently extended and expanded swap line with China to complete the June payment to the IMF.
Reuters GraphicsFALLING INTO ARREARSMissing payments would automatically put Argentina in default with the IMF because there is no grace period with the multilateral lender.
Persons:
Goldman Sachs, Sergio Massa, Gordian Kemen, Kemen, Gross, Jorgelina, Rosario, Rodrigo Campos, Karin Strohecker, Tomasz Janowski
Organizations:
International Monetary Fund, IMF, Standard Chartered Bank, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
Argentina, Buenos Aires, Beijing, China