BLOOMBERG Argentina’s new obsession is watching foreign reserves evaporate 05-10-2020 16:14 At brokerages and banks, the calls come in every day with the same question: How many dollars does the Central Bank actually have?
capital controls Banks block accounts of those suspected of trying to circumvent dollar quota 17-07-2020 00:11 At least three of country's biggest banks have started to block dollar purchases via online platforms for clients suspected of using loopholes to purchase greenbacks beyond the US$200 limit.
WORLD Martin Wolf: ‘This is potentially a hinge moment in history’ 02-05-2020 08:25 Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator for the Financial Times, discusses the economic fall-out from the coronavirus pandemic, in an exclusive interview with Perfil’s Jorge Fontevecchia. by Jorge Fontevecchia
ANSES President Fernández fires ANSES chief Alejandro Vanoli 30-04-2020 15:19 Buenos Aires Province Community Development Minister Fernanda Raverta, a La Cámpora militant and former Unidad Ciudadana national deputy
BANKING Warning signs: four indicators that scare Argentine banks during the pandemic 25-04-2020 11:27 Has Latin America escaped the worst of the pandemic? Or is the region just grossly untested and underreported?
Bloomberg - Opinion Money is losing its meaning amid coronavirus pandemic 16-04-2020 15:32 Saving the global economy from the coronavirus pandemic is going to cost a lot of money. The sums involved are so large that they no longer have any meaning; they are simply abstractions.
MIGUEL ÁNGEL PESCE INTERVIEW Miguel Pesce: ‘In this emergency, the mechanism is printing money’ 11-04-2020 10:07 Central Bank chief Miguel Ángel Pesce on the economy, printing money, the coronavirus pandemic and the problems that lie ahead. by Jorge Fontevecchia
Nationwide lockdown Government plans to ease lockdown with limited reopening of banks 07-04-2020 08:57 Isolation measures to tackle the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic will be lifted to allow branches to offer limited services, Bloomberg reports.
Coronavirus pandemic Huge queues outside banks as they open doors during lockdown 03-04-2020 20:23 For the first time since the nationwide lockdown, retired Argentines and receiving social security payments left their homes in droves as banks reopened their branches.
Fight against virus Crisis lending surges as government obliges banks to assist 02-04-2020 16:47 Credit lending is making a comeback in Argentina as the country seeks to flood its streets with pesos to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus.
Debt restructuring Government hires banking veterans for debt talks 10-03-2020 21:45 Three experienced Latin American bankers from HSBC Holdings Plc, Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. will lead the restructuring of more than US$76 billion of debt owed to global investors by Argentina and the province of Buenos Aires.
Bloomberg Argentina faces catch-22 on peso debt bomb after swap tradeoff 06-03-2020 15:37 The local debt of 1.8 trillion pesos (US $29 billion) is an amount roughly equivalent to all the cash in circulation in the country.
Gender diversity Lagarde still the exception in male-dominated central banks 06-03-2020 08:00 Christine Lagarde’s appointment to lead the European Central Bank was a landmark event in improving gender diversity in economic policy making, but global central banks still have a long way to go.
DEbt talks Argentina contracts Bank of America, HSBC & Lazard for debt talks 02-03-2020 17:17 Argentina hired Bank of America, HSBC to become its placement agents of the debt restructuring and engaged Lazard in order to be its financial advisor, according to a statement from Economy Minister published on Sunday.
'Cepo total' US$200 limit: Central Bank tightens currency controls in wake of election 28-10-2019 01:03 The move looks to preserve international reserves during the political transition but risks causing the black market exchange rate to skyrocket.
ELECTION 2019 Fernández tells Argentines he will protect their savings and dollar deposits 23-10-2019 13:53 Presidential frontrunner asks markets and Argentina to "be calm," promising not to raid personal savings should financial turbulence hit country post-election.
BUENOS AIRES CITY Bank queues return to BA as currency controls kick in 03-09-2019 08:03 Queues outside banks seen once again outside branches, as Argentines get used to new capital controls.
Selective cepo? Government imposes currency controls in bid to halt flight of dollars 01-09-2019 16:04 Exporters ordered to seek permission from the Central Bank of Argentina before purchasing foreign currency and and purchases of dollars limited to US$10,000 per individual a month.