No Ethiopia deal as IMF visit ends
An analyst believes the inability to push through a deal could be a sign of the government's unwillingness to sign up to a currency devaluation.
April 8th, 2024
By Harry Clynch
A visit to Ethiopia from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ended without a deal last week, as Addis Ababa seeks a bailout to support the restructuring of billions of dollars’ worth of external debt.
In December last year, Ethiopia failed to pay a $33m bond coupon and became Africa’s latest debt defaulters. Earlier in 2023, Ethiopia’s largest single creditor, China, allowed the country to suspend debt repayments on bonds maturing in the 2023-4 fiscal year.
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