IMF studying Argentina request for early help as peso crashes

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said it was studying a request from Argentina to speed up disbursement of a $50 billion (38.46 billion pounds)loan program after a collapse in investor confidence in President Mauricio Macri's government sent the peso tumbling more than 7 percent on Wednesday. It was the biggest one-day decline in the peso since the currency was allowed to float in December 2015. It closed at a record low of 34.10 per U.S. dollar and is down more than..