The price of the blue dollar still takes center stage.
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In the midst of the controversy over the restrictions imposed by the government to try to contain the flight of dollars and increase the reserves of the Central Bank, the blue dollar lost 1 peso this Thursday and was marketed for $ 238.
For their part, financial dollars continued to rise: cash in liquidation closed at $ 252.71 and MEPs at $ 248.14.
01.07.2022
08:47
Annabella Quiroga
With demand stagnating due to restrictions, the Central Bank was able to purchase $ 583 million
The headquarters of the Central Bank. Photo Rolando Andrade Stracuzzi.
With the demand for foreign currency paralyzed by the new restrictions imposed by the government, the Central Bank wiped out this Wednesday with the purchase of dollars in the Single and Free Foreign Exchange Market (MULC).
In a single day he took $ 583 million and completed nearly $ 1 billion so far this week. Today’s purchase is the highest in Alberto Fernández’s management and the largest for a single day since December 2016. Read the full note here.
01.07.2022
08:38
Ana Chiara Pedotti
Now the Central Bank bans commissions for door-to-door purchases abroad
The restrictions have reached door-to-door shopping.
After strengthening the stocks of importers this week, the Central Bank decided this Thursday to move against another aspect of the economy that meant an outflow of foreign currency: that of “door-to-door” services, which until now allowed it to buy. from Argentines on websites abroad and pay these expenses in installments.
According to the agency’s board of directors in communication A 7535, from next Monday both financial institutions and non-financial creditors will not only be unable to finance the purchases of tickets and hotel products related to tourism abroad, as was already in force, but also, they will not be able to finance courier shipments. Read more here.
Source: Clarin