Interest payments to the IMF continue to increase: this year's payments will have disbursed US$12 billion. This year a record amount of US$3.28 billion will have to be paid, according to data from the Fund.
The interest rate charged by the IMF is made up of a base rate, plus a margin of 100 points and possible surcharges that are applied when the debtor balance exceeds certain limits, as is the case with Argentina. NE: What happened so that the interest burden with the IMF more than doubled?