Nobody knows where the blue dollar will stabilize, which is trading up 17% on Friday this Monday. Photo Juano Tesone
“Until Wednesday we do not move. “” We do not sell, but if you need the material urgently, I charge you 30% of the Friday price“. Enterprises, mostly SMEs with limited backs, sales were paralyzed this Monday. Nobody gives budget, nobody delivers the materials you don’t know what value you can replace later. and some shops they only make exceptions with customers with those who have been negotiating jobs since before the break.
It is a typical postcard from Argentina post shakes, usually on weekends. It happened, for example, when the blue hit a record, in October 2020, and it happened when the parallel hit the next record, again in October but in 2021. It happened last week, when the Central Bank trampled imports and decreed a virtual exchange vacation where the monetary entity was the sole buyer.
And this Monday, after the resignation of Economy Minister Martín Guzmán, the frantic search for a successor and the surprise appointment of Silvina Batakis, everything came to a halt.
Until we know where the blue dollar stabilizes, which on Friday was at $ 239 and this Monday the caves only release it at $ 280, and what are the plans of the new minister, the price lists will remain on stand-by.
Various suppliers of graphic category for example they reply that they are not selling. To customers in need, they offer products with a 30% increase.
Something similar happens in a dealership. “Yes, there is a price, only it is for those who booked the units four months ago. We make them invoice and apply the official prices in effect in July. But not for those who come looking for a car today,” they say.
In an eyeglass frame manufacturer, they commented that sales, which before Guzmán’s resignation would have started this Monday with new list prices, have now been halted. And that this situation continues until Wednesday.
“This sale suspended until further notice“, they replied in a waste basket, repeating a phrase that is also seen in distributors of electronic products.
The Hardloots company, which sells computer parts and products, reported on its networks that “at the moment no provider is operating today, because they are all waiting for the dollar to explode, so at least until the banks close today. we will not accept any type of sale “.
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Source: Clarin
