Dujovne met IMF before disbursement of 10,700 "green sticks" | Chronic

The Minister of Finance, Nicolás Dujovne, met Wednesday in Washington with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) before disbursement of $ 10,700 million that will allow the agency and US government officials.

Dujovne spoke at this morning's meeting with the US Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, which played a decisive role last year for Argentina to have access to a pending loan from the IMF for an amount of about $ 56.7 billion.

After this meeting, Dujovne went to the IMF headquarters to meet with his Director General, Christine Lagardeand badyze the report that makes the economic situation of Argentina the mission of the organization that was late February-early March in the country.

The meeting is being held at a time when the entity must badyze the disbursement of a new tranche of $ 10.7 billion of the loan. "stand by" Agree last year.

Friday, Trevor Alleyne He estimated that the dollar's rise was due to the fact that "Argentina is weaker than other emerging countries".

"Therefore, he must have this policy and this program (from the IMF) to try to strengthen all aspects of macroeconomics and strengthen resistance to the outside", he added.

Dujovne arrived in the United States Monday, accompanied by the Secretary of State for Energy, Gustavo Lopetegui, to attend an oil businessmen's forum that takes place every year in the city of Houston, Texas.
There, officials highlighted the investment opportunities of the energy sector for $ 30,000 million.