2 Baltic States to Get Their First IMF Loans
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WASHINGTON — Estonia and Latvia, two of the three Baltic states formerly occupied by the Soviet Union, will get their first help this week from the International Monetary Fund, a senior fund official disclosed Sunday.
Sources at the fund said it will offer Latvia a loan of about $81 million and Estonia about $41 million and that it is finalizing arrangements with Lithuania, the third Baltic state.
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