Cash and checks: Argentina’s next IMF loan
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The Economist
4.4 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
For the 23rd time the International Monetary Fund will cough up, this time to the tune of $20bn. But the reforms stipulated by the loan, alongside promising changes already under way, suggest this time might be different. Near America’s border with Mexico, high-speed chases have become more common—and more deadly (9:08). And myriad uncertainties are making Europe a continent of preppers (15:08).
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