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Romania ends arrangement with IMF on Friday with a bill of 11.9bn euros plus interest

Autor: Razvan Voican

20.03.2011, 23:58 21

The stand-by arrangement with the IMF whereby Romania took outthe record-high 12.9 billion-euro loan two years ago, ends FridayMarch 25, when the board of the financial institution based inWashington will discuss the last quarterly review of thearrangement sealed in 2009.

The approval of Romania's request for the sealing of a newstand-by arrangement is scheduled on the same day, another two-yeararrangement, but of a precautionary type, which means the 3.6billion-euro amount discussed will be used only in case ofemergency.

In fact, Romania decided not to draw the last tranche of the12.9 billion-euro loan, so the overall amount to be repaid to theIMF amounts to 11.9 billion euros plus over one billion euros ininterests.

As the last couple of years' experience shows, both items on theagenda of the IMF board on March 25 will be checked without toomuch trouble, especially since Jeffrey Franks's technical team gavetheir green light a month ago.

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