IMF Staff OK Argentina Loan Review, Say Targets Could Be Eased

IMF Staff OK Argentina Loan Review, Say Targets Could Be Eased
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo outside the headquarters building in Washington on Sept. 4, 2018. Yuri Gripas/Reuters
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LONDON/NEW YORK—The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Argentina reached a staff-level agreement on the fourth review of their $44 billion loan program, the IMF said in a statement on Monday, confirming that some economic targets for the country could be eased.

The IMF staff said that adjustments were being requested to key targets to build up foreign currency reserves, which has been hampered by a major drought gripping the grains producing nation that has hurt exports of soy, corn, and wheat.