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IMF staff are working closely with officials in Argentina to secure an agreement on a new financing deal "as quickly as possible," says spokesperson.

Left-wing demonstrators rally in Buenos Aires and call on the government to reject any deal with the International Monetary Fund.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says lessons have been learned from 2018 and that the Fund's "main focus" is to help Argentina tackle high inflation.

Argentina on Friday paid US$370 million to the IMF as interest on a US$44-billion debt that was rescheduled late last month, officials said. 

The remaining obstacles that analysts and investors are going to look to see answered in the final rounds of talks with the International Monetary Fund.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says lessons have been learned from 2018 and that the Fund's "main focus" is to help Argentina tackle high inflation.

The remaining obstacles that analysts and investors are going to look to see answered in the final rounds of talks with the International Monetary Fund.

Argentina’s government expects to reach a staff-level agreement on a new programme with the International Monetary Fund in the next three to four weeks before sending it to Congress for approval.

Argentina's main opposition coalition vows to check “fine print” of IMF financing programme in Congress, while welcoming “first step” towards avoiding “a costly default”

Argentina has reached an initial agreement worth US$44.5 billion with the International Monetary Fund in an attempt to stabilise its economy.