Argentina’s only current program with the IMF is the 2022 Extended Fund Facility (EFF), with a stock valued as of September 30 of USD42.181 billion.
The interest rate paid on loans with the organization is comprised of a prime rate and surcharges applied on the excess of the country’s total debt balance with the Fund over a certain percentage of the country’s quota.
The IMF’s Executive Board modified the charges and surcharges policy, which will be effective as of November 1, 2024, and consists of a reduction in the fixed margin on the SDR rate from 1% to 0.6%, an increase in the threshold on which surcharges per amount apply from 187.5% of the country’s quota in the IMF to 300%, and a decrease in the term surcharge from 1% to 0.75%.
By applying the new conditions, the estimated interest from November 2024 to August 2034 would be reduced by 14%, USD2.265 billion, totaling USD13.781 billion. Fifty-one percent of the reduction in estimated projected interest is concentrated in the next 3 years (2025-2027).