Blue dollar cut streak of three consecutive weekly rises

The informal comes from advancing 3.2% or about $ 6.50 in December. The second fortnight showed a jump of almost $ 10, due to the great liquidity due to Christmas sales, and the search for protection of savers against future price increases, among other factors.

In the accumulated of 2021, the parallel dollar had a rise of 25.3% ($ 42), almost half with respect to the inflation of the period.

The market analyst Salvador Di Stéfano, explained in dialogue with this medium that the rise of the blue in December was largely explained by “the great liquidity due to Christmas sales, because there is no merchandise to replace and because entrepreneurs seek to protect themselves from future price increases”, raising the demand for the US currency.

Claudio Caprarulo, economist and director of Analytics, in dialogue with Ámbito recalled that the informal dollar “It is an informal and small market, where few operations can modify the reference prices”.

“After the elections there was a slight downward trend in the price of Blue, but since the second half of December it has been reversed and remains up. Today it is already operating at the peak values ​​it reached in November. The collection of the bonus in a context where you cannot buy more than $ 200 per month for savings in the formal market, surely explains part of the dynamics. And beyond that specific data, the recovery in the level of activity as well, “he expanded on the causes that led the parallel to trade at $ 210 in December.

Walter Morales, president of Wise, told this medium that if the Government reaches a point in common with the institution led by Kristalina Georgieva, the blue dollar will peak next year between $ 245 and $ 255. For his part, Juan José Vásquez, Cohen’s Head of Strategy, alerted a price closer to $ 300 if an agreement is not reached, taking into account that the expected annual inflation according to the REM is 52%.