Esperando la decisión

Transcript of a Press Briefing by Gerry Rice, Director, External Relations Department, International Monetary Fund
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, September 13, 2012

Since I'm online, let me take a question on Argentina

"Did the IMF receive in the last weeks any information from Argentina regarding the obligation of submitting data required under Article VIII?At this point is there any possibility for Argentina to receive a declaration of censure at the next board meeting?"

As you may know, the Managing Director will brief the board on Argentina on this coming Monday so it would not be appropriate for me to get ahead of that in terms of what the board's decision might be. But I can say that the ongoing process follows interactions with the authorities and the proper due diligence to assess the quality of the statistics and their alignment with international guidelines as well as the country's obligations under the Articles of Agreement. So bottom line, we're following very much the established procedure here in terms of taking this forward, and as I say, there will be a board meeting on Monday is let's wait for that, and that's about as much as I can say. One more question online and then I will come back inside the room.

UPDATE: Parece que pasaron la decisión para mañana. El tema es importante. De afirmar que Argentina mintió con los índices de inflación por los que se ajustan los bonos del canje de la deuda K podrían llovernos juicios millonarios. Y ni hablar del desprestigio.