The Minister of Economy, Martín Guzmán, stressed the need to “continue building understandings with the international community” in order to advance the agreement with the IMF and highlighted the importance of the meeting that he will hold on Wednesday with some governors to inform them of the Argentine position in the negotiations that it is carrying out with the multilateral organization.
“It is very important to continue building understandings with the international community. Let us think that we are negotiating with the rest of all the countries in the world. It is very important that Argentina has a strong position, a position with broad support from society, from different fronts. politicians too, in order to achieve the best conditions for our country, “said Guzmán in an exclusive interview with Telam.
What’s more, the market also expects signals about a delayed “multi-year” economic plan in the face of exchange rate pressures, lack of reserves in the central bank (BCRA), annualized inflation above 50% and a complex fiscal deficit, in the context of a growing third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Central Bank and official dollar
The The wholesale dollar, meanwhile, rose nine cents to $ 103.12 under the constant regulation of the BCRA.
The second day of the week returned to present a meager amount negotiated in the sector where banks and companies operate. The North American currency exhibited a somewhat mixed route but always limited by the official interventions that defined its evolution for today.
The minimums were recorded with the first formalized operations, at $ 103.07, seven cents above the previous end. In a scenario of low level of activity, prices limited their fluctuation, operating very stabilized around the opening values, with a very narrow path that reflected a certain balance in the development of operations. The maximums were recorded at $ 103.09 in the moments leading up to the end of the date.
The correction of the wholesale exchange rate already amounts to 37 cents, very close to the 42 cents increase registered in the previous week.
In this context, the Central Bank recorded its second consecutive day without foreign exchange losses, although with a meager positive balance, quite far from the best results exhibited in the previous months. He bought $ 1 million and accumulates $ 5 million on the last two wheels.
“The transit of the first half of January passes without significant modifications, except for the small acceleration in the rate of adjustment of dollar prices, something that will be seen in the nearest future if it is a policy change or it is only a transitory strategy that will retrace roads in the coming weeks, “said analyst Gustavo Quintana.
In the official segment, The dollar today rose 13 cents to $ 108.61 -without taxes-, according to the average in the main banks of the financial system. In turn, the retail value of the currency at Banco Nación remained at $ 108.
The savings dollar or solidarity dollar -which includes a 30% of the PAÍS tax, and a 35% on account of the Income Tax- advanced 22 cents to $ 179.21.
blue dollar
The dollar blue rose 50 cents to $ 206.50 this Tuesday, January 4, 2022 and became the most expensive on the market again, after falling $ 3 in the two previous wheels, according to a survey of Scope in the Black Market of Currencies. In this way, the gap with the officer climbed to 100.3%.
In this way, in the first two days of the year it accumulates a decrease of $ 1.50. While, in all of 2021, it had an increase of 25.3% ($ 42), almost half with respect to the inflation of the period.
After touching a floor of $ 139 in April, the price of the blue began to show an upward trend, although with oscillations. The largest increases for the year were verified in July (+ $ 12.50 or 7.4%) and June (+ $ 11 or 7%). Likewise, the highest gap in 2021 with respect to the official one was noted on October 11, when it reached 106.1%.
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