After two days of gains, the blue dollar continues this trend on Thursday and Thursday increase by two pesos until it reaches $322 on sale. To purchase it sits at $318.
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The blue dollar opens with a two peso hike
The parallel currency is now selling for $322 at exchange offices, two pesos higher than it closed on Wednesday. To purchase it sits at $318.
Country risk stands at 2,242 basis points
As of this Thursday, Argentine country risk stands at 2,242 basis points, according to the index prepared by JP Morgan.
The official dollar is trading at $178.50 on sale
The price that appears on the Banco Nación blackboard is the same as the one closed on Wednesday. To purchase it sits at $170.50.
Due to high inflation, the government ordered the payment of a $24,000 bonus to private workers
It will be received by registered employees on living wages up to $185,000. Reach domestic service. They will also pay $13,500 to beneficiaries of the Potenciar Trabajo program. They estimate that both measures will reach 4.4 million people. Read more.
Tax deal with the United States: it would have an impact only in 2024 and there are doubts that Washington really denounces
The Economy Minister, Sergio Massa, has publicly expressed his expectations regarding the agreement signed with the United States on the exchange of tax information: he hopes that more taxpayers will catch up and therefore more dollars will enter the reserves of the Central Bank. So said the minister ten days ago, in an act at the Néstor Kirchner Cultural Center.
But the details that have been known about this agreement in the last few hours do not support the message that Economy has been sending out in recent weeks. Both because the details that have come to light do not present concrete and sufficient incentives for evasive taxpayers to stop doing so, and the dates and times of the agreement: article 10, paragraph 1, indicates that it will enter into force on January 1 of the year following the date of Argentina’s written notification to the United States confirming the completion of Argentina’s necessary internal procedures for entry into force (this has not yet occurred but will). Read more.
The blue dollar was up five pesos on Wednesday
Foreign currency in the parallel market jumped five pesos in a single day and closed at $320 for the sale.
Source: Clarin
