MONETARY POLICY Argentina to sell dollars in parallel FX market to shore up peso 14-07-2024 09:31 Central Bank will sell US dollars in the country’s parallel foreign exchange markets starting Monday, says Economy Minister Luis Caputo.
ELECTION 2023 Brazil’s Lula sides with Massa in Argentina vote as regional split widens 14-11-2023 13:16 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has backed Sergio Massa ahead of Sunday’s presidential election, the latest leader taking a side in the heated contest that has highlighted deepening ideological divisions in the region
FX MARKET Gov't depletes room to intervene in currency futures ahead of election 20-10-2023 16:47 Central Bank almost out of room to intervene in currency futures, the main avenue it’s been using to prop up the plunging peso.
FIERY SPEECH FROM CFK Cristina attacks Milei's dollarisation plan, blames IMF for inflation 27-04-2023 23:52 Vice-president declares that dollarisation would be “worse than convertibility” as she delivers highly anticipated speech that attacks IMF policies, opposition ‘inheritance’ and Javier Milei.
ELECTION 2023 CFK confirms she will not run for presidency 27-04-2023 23:27 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner reiterated on Thursday that she will not be a candidate in the October presidential elections.
POLITICS & ECONOMY Fernández de Kirchner blames IMF for peso sell-off, inflation 27-04-2023 23:02 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner criticises the International Monetary Fund for prohibiting Argentina's Central Bank from intervening in financial markets to tame currency volatility in keynote speech.