The gap between the blue dollar and the official dollar reached a record in almost 1 year

The gap between the blue dollar and the official dollar reached a record in almost 1 year

In the last two weeks the parallel jumped $ 21, almost a third of everything that rose in 2021. It should be remembered that last Thursday it had reached $ 198, which was its nominal maximum so far.

In October, the currency registered its largest monthly increase since July, rising $ 11.50 (+ 6.2%) due to high inflation, exchange controls, fiscal deficit and firm country risk, which fueled devaluation expectations and put pressure on the currency , which usually has sudden jumps with just a few operations.

After hitting a low of $ 139 in early April, the parallel dollar increased $ 9 in April (6.4%), $ 7 (4.7%) in May, $ 11 (7%) in June, $ 12.50 (+7 , 4%) in July, $ 1 in August (+ 0.6%) and $ 4.50 (+ 2.5%) in September.

In any case, So far in 2021 the parallel appreciates $ 33 (close to 20%), well below the accumulated inflation of 2021, close to 40%.

Source From: Ambito

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