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Analysis & opinionOctober 5 2003

Argentine plan vexes creditors

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Argentina’s creditors have slammed a three-year, $12.5bn debt roll-over plan between the country and the International Monetary Fund.

The IMF announced the agreement at September’s meeting in Dubai, which followed Argentina’s $2.9bn default on an IMF loan in August. One condition is that the government runs a primary fiscal surplus and ministers said the only way this could be achieved was by reneging on 75% of $103bn debt.

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