RTRS runs comments from the Argentine.....>

ARGENTINA: RTRS runs comments from the Argentine central bank as it confirms

that it will continue with foreign exchange market interventions to help

stabilize the peso. The central bank also noted that it will continue to

implement "restrictive monetary policy."

- Earlier comments from the country's Finance Minister revealed that the

government is proposing a bill to extend the maturities of the country's

sovereign debt, which the IMF has be notified of. The proposed measures will not

consist of a haircut for bondholders and will not harm individual retail

holders. Foreign law bonds will be discussed with bondholders, according to

comments on BBG. Argentina will continue to pay coupons on the bonds.

- Argentine officials also noted that the ARS is valued far away from its

long-term equilibrium.