Argentina, IMF staff-level agreement set to combine reviews on $44 billion loan 

Reuters was first to report that the International Monetary Fund and Argentina were planning to combine reviews on two loan agreements – a push that would allow the fund to streamline and bundle disbursements to the cash-strapped economy on its $44 billion loan program. The IMF confirmed the much-anticipated plan, which will unlock about $7.5 billion for South America’s third largest economy as it enters a crucial election with depleted reserves and a drought battered economy that is facing a painful recession.