News of rate

Sharp drop in Argentina’s poverty rate delivers boost for Milei

31-03-2026 16:16 Data from INDEC national statistics bureau shows 28.2% of population was living in poverty in the second half of last year; Extreme poverty affected 6.3% – some 1.9 million people.

EXCHANGE RATE

Argentina sells dollars to curb peso slide as new rules kick in

03-01-2026 08:57 Argentina’s Treasury sold dollars Friday, looking to limit the decline of the peso on the first day that new FX rules kicked in.

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Milei stymies wild peso swings as he resets Argentine FX policy

18-12-2025 01:34 The Central Bank’s FX desk is about to play a more prominent role as President Javier Milei seeks to accumulate reserves.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Milei readies major reforms while markets await currency shift

09-12-2025 15:28 Argentina currently allows the currency to trade within a strict set of bands, a policy that has helped keep inflation in check. But analysts say it has also created an overvalued peso that is weighing on the economy.

MARKET REACTION

As Argentina surges back, peso shows limit to Milei euphoria

28-10-2025 10:46 Argentina officials have repeatedly said they aren’t planning on enacting any changes to the current exchange-rate policy. As trading wore on Monday, the currency steadily pulled back from its early morning surge.

ELECTION REPERCUSSIONS

Wall Street banks say Milei now has a chance to freely float peso

27-10-2025 17:57 Financial giants see a favourable scenario for Argentina to move towards a floating exchange rate for the peso and reignite a plan to rebuild reserves.

COST OF POWER

Milei spent around US$7.4bn protecting dollar pre-election

25-10-2025 16:03 Sunday’s legislative elections come at a historic cost: President Milei’s government has used around US$7.4 billion – a figure that could rise to US$8.4 billion, including funds from US Treasury are included – to keep the peso-dollar exchange rate stable over the two months leading up to the vote. According to Banco Provincia, it is the fourth-largest foreign exchange intervention since 2003.

by Carlos Burgueño

As I see it

Most countries are on death row

24-10-2025 21:07 Unless demographic trends change abruptly in the very near future, many other countries will precede Argentina on the path into the unknown.

by James Neilson

cryptocurrencies

Why Argentines are turning to crypto in the latest peso crisis

23-10-2025 19:26 As President Javier Milei tightens currency controls, Argentines are turning to cryptocurrencies to protect their savings.

CURRENCY WOES

US Treasury sells dollars to keep peso within Argentina FX band

21-10-2025 16:41 US Treasury’s efforts to shore up Argentina’s currency are part of a broader effort to stabilise the economy before President Javier Milei’s party faces midterm elections.

ANALYSIS

Argentines dump the peso, betting US rescue is doomed to fail

16-10-2025 19:05 Argentines are convinced that even a flood of cash from the United States won’t be able to stop another painful devaluation of the peso.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

US$20bn currency swap could be agreed before midterms, says Bausili

16-10-2025 01:31 Economy Minister Luis Caputo and Central Bank chief Santiago Bausili say landmark currency swap deal with Trump administration could be sealed before the October 26 midterms

by Santiago del Carril

ELECTION 2025: FX PREDICTION

Peso could tumble post-election, warns Morgan Stanley

15-10-2025 22:40 US investment bank outlined three scenarios depending on the outcome of the legislative vote – and predicts where the exchange rate will go.

MONETARY POLICY

Milei team sends mixed FX policy signals ahead of Trump meeting

14-10-2025 15:24 Since April, Argentina has let the peso float within a range as part of its agreement with the International Monetary Fund. However, authorities have intervened multiple times within the range.

CURRENCY TURBULENCE

Argentine rates exceed 80% as peso crisis sparks cash crunch

09-10-2025 13:06 Short-term interest rates soar as the Milei government steps up efforts to defend the peso.

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Milei pulls out all stops in defence of fragile peso

08-10-2025 13:33 After burning through billions of dollars in reserves, Argentina’s government is getting creative and finding new alternatives to defend the peso.

EDUCATION

Secondary school crisis: Only 1 in 10 students finish studies on time and to standard, warns report

29-09-2025 17:50 Argentina’s Education Secretariat provides details of plan to tackle secondary school dropouts and school lag after report from NGO highlights shocking figures.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Milei’s peso is 20% overvalued and fragile, analysts say

23-09-2025 14:06 Investors and analysts agree that, to one degree or another, the peso needs to drop.

CURRENCY WOES

Central Bank defends peso as Milei faces setbacks

17-09-2025 23:37 Central Bank steps into market to prop up the peso – first time it has since Milei administration introduced trading band in April.

CURRENCY WOES

Peso breaches trading limit, upends Milei FX strategy

17-09-2025 14:09 Peso hits 1,474.50 per dollar, beyond the upper level of Milei administration's trading limit.

CURRENCY WOES

Peso posts sharpest weekly fall since Milei took office

13-09-2025 09:12 Market rout follows ruling coalition’s defeat in Buenos Aires Province election; Sell-off deepens amid corruption scandal and doubts over October elections.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Argentina let peso plunge and then stepped in to contain losses

12-09-2025 11:13 Milei administration allowed peso to weaken this week, while simultaneously moving to prevent the rush out of the currency from turning into a stampede.

ECONOMIC FALL-OUT

Morgan Stanley’s flip-flop shows speed of crisis ensnaring Milei

09-09-2025 09:47 It took less than a week to make Morgan Stanley abandon its bullish call on Argentina.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

The risks of the Milei government’s economic plan

17-07-2025 10:03 Macroeconomic order and disinflation alone do not guarantee long-term sustainability.

by Luis Secco

As I see it

Humanity in the grip of a death wish

07-06-2025 06:39 According to Austral University’s human resources department, the birth rate in Argentina has fallen to 1.4 per woman.

by James Neilson

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Milei intervenes in currency market despite letting peso float

28-05-2025 11:36 Argentina’s government has intervened in the currency markets to influence the peso’s value and is likely to miss reserve accumulation targets.

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

How Milei keeps peso strong ahead of midterm vote

14-05-2025 12:00 President Milei's government doubles down on a strong peso strategy, making it the cornerstone of his midterm election campaign.

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Corporate defaults start piling up as Milei policies kick in

07-05-2025 12:28 As Javier Milei removes the distortions that once characterised Argentina’s economy, companies that bulked up on debt by exploiting exchange rate gaps are hurting.

Editorial

Will April showers bring May flowers?

03-05-2025 07:45 Critics of the exit from the ‘cepo’ currency and capital controls argue that it opens the door to speculative peso-dollar shuffles. Whether or not they are right will go much further towards defining the outcome of the October midterms than any cultural battles.

CURRENCY, FX POLICY

Peso will float freely, but it’s not yet time, says Bausili

24-04-2025 10:24 Argentina’s exchange rate will be fully liberalised “in time,” says Central Bank Governor Santiago Bausili at event in Washington.

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Milei defies forecasts so far as Argentina’s peso strengthens

23-04-2025 22:41 Analysts see a stronger peso over the next few months with traders buying into President Javier Milei's plan.

Editorial

Floating on air?

19-04-2025 06:00 Milei might echo Alfonsín by proclaiming: “Happy Easter, the dollar is in order” but early days – a more total exit from currency and capital controls by Macri in in late 2015 was even smoother, without ensuring him a happy ending.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

What was the exchange rate when Milei came into office?

16-04-2025 16:10 Official exchange rate almost doubled from near 400 pesos to 838 pesos per greenback in the initial four days after Milei’s inauguration – now it stands closer to 1,200.

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Milei risks reigniting inflation by floating Argentina’s peso

16-04-2025 12:35 Decision to ease currency controls is having an impact in the real economy. Retailers and importers are cautiously adjusting their prices as the peso weakens. And some fear it could spark inflation.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Tales of the blue (dollar)

29-03-2025 06:11 Milei and Caputo have promised to lift the 'cepo' currency controls. It won’t signal the end of the 'blue,' but it should reduce its importance and the wild fluctuations that voraciously mint millionaires and, at the same speed, erase their fortunes.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Traders bet on weaker peso as Milei’s IMF deal looms

26-03-2025 21:39 Investors see Argentina’s peso on the verge of devaluation again, but for Javier Milei, such a step could prove costly – especially ahead of midterm elections in October.

AS I SEE IT

Demography should help the US keep China at bay

15-03-2025 07:46 Despite the fact that demography has always been China’s not so secret weapon, in recent years it has become a major problem that seems certain to put a premature end to the imperial dreams of Xi and his immediate successors.

by James Neilson

As I see it

Quite soon there will be nobody left

21-12-2024 05:07 If present trends are anything to go by, then our descendants, most of whom will be in their dotage, will occupy a prominent place on the endangered species list.

by James Neilson

MONETARY POLICY

Argentina weighs managed exchange rate once it lifts currency controls

16-12-2024 19:44 President Javier Milei's government is weighing whether to introduce a managed exchange rate regime — a “dirty float” — once it lifts its current foreign exchange controls in 2025.

CAPITAL CONTROLS

Why Milei can’t lift currency controls any time soon

16-10-2024 12:15 Argentina has had strict currency controls in place for the past nine out of 13 years. President Javier Milei wants to get rid of them, but for now, he's sticking to the existing regime.

CHILEAN SOCIETY

Chile's birth rate plummets as more women say no to motherhood

18-09-2024 11:32 In the past decade, births have fallen by 29% in Chile, which now makes it the country with the lowest birth rate in the Americas.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

To breed or not to breed

03-08-2024 14:17 Until now either population growth or control was the clear preference but today both look a dead end.

by Michael Soltys

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Milei under pressure for the first time

06-07-2024 05:59 If the doubts regarding Milei’s capacity to preside over Argentina were tied to governability risk, Caputo’s are connected to credibility risk: it’s difficult to see how the current policy framework can be sustainable in time.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

UNREST IN BOLIVIA

Growing discontent amid dollar, fuel shortages in resource-rich Bolivia

03-07-2024 10:58 Along with the fuel shortage in Bolivia, which tends to be chronic due to economic problems in imports, there is also a lack of dollars in the country and, consequently, an increase in the exchange rate in the parallel market.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Milei says legislative win paves way for monetary policy pivot

28-06-2024 13:56 President Milei says government will change its monetary policy framework following his first major legislative victory.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Argentina has surplus harvest, but farmers want more from Milei

22-06-2024 09:03 Farmers are delaying agricultural sales as they wait for President Javier Milei to eliminate taxes and exchange barriers.

CURRENCY CONTROLS

Argentina to offer bonds in first step to lift currency controls

26-04-2024 13:33 President Javier Milei's government readying a new instrument to allow companies to send dividends abroad, a first step to lift a cobweb of restrictions in its foreign-exchange market.

News of rate

Sharp drop in Argentina’s poverty rate delivers boost for Milei

Argentina sells dollars to curb peso slide as new rules kick in

Milei stymies wild peso swings as he resets Argentine FX policy

Milei readies major reforms while markets await currency shift

As Argentina surges back, peso shows limit to Milei euphoria

Wall Street banks say Milei now has a chance to freely float peso

Milei spent around US$7.4bn protecting dollar pre-election

Most countries are on death row

Why Argentines are turning to crypto in the latest peso crisis

US Treasury sells dollars to keep peso within Argentina FX band

Argentines dump the peso, betting US rescue is doomed to fail

US$20bn currency swap could be agreed before midterms, says Bausili

Peso could tumble post-election, warns Morgan Stanley

Milei team sends mixed FX policy signals ahead of Trump meeting

Argentine rates exceed 80% as peso crisis sparks cash crunch

Milei pulls out all stops in defence of fragile peso

Secondary school crisis: Only 1 in 10 students finish studies on time and to standard, warns report

Milei’s peso is 20% overvalued and fragile, analysts say

Central Bank defends peso as Milei faces setbacks

Peso breaches trading limit, upends Milei FX strategy

Peso posts sharpest weekly fall since Milei took office

Argentina let peso plunge and then stepped in to contain losses

Morgan Stanley’s flip-flop shows speed of crisis ensnaring Milei

The risks of the Milei government’s economic plan

Humanity in the grip of a death wish

Milei intervenes in currency market despite letting peso float

How Milei keeps peso strong ahead of midterm vote

Corporate defaults start piling up as Milei policies kick in

Will April showers bring May flowers?

Peso will float freely, but it’s not yet time, says Bausili

Milei defies forecasts so far as Argentina’s peso strengthens

Floating on air?

What was the exchange rate when Milei came into office?

Milei risks reigniting inflation by floating Argentina’s peso

Tales of the blue (dollar)

Traders bet on weaker peso as Milei’s IMF deal looms

Demography should help the US keep China at bay

Quite soon there will be nobody left

Argentina weighs managed exchange rate once it lifts currency controls

Why Milei can’t lift currency controls any time soon

Chile's birth rate plummets as more women say no to motherhood

To breed or not to breed

Milei under pressure for the first time

Growing discontent amid dollar, fuel shortages in resource-rich Bolivia

Milei says legislative win paves way for monetary policy pivot

Argentina has surplus harvest, but farmers want more from Milei

Argentina to offer bonds in first step to lift currency controls

Sharp drop in Argentina’s poverty rate delivers boost for Milei

Poverty in Argentina fell to lowest since 2018 under Milei

‘Ley hojarasca’: Milei targets 70 repeal of laws in renewed deregulatory push

Milei pushes ahead with Belgrano Cargas privatisation tender

Colapinto to drive F1 car on the streets of Buenos Aires

Tiroteo en una escuela de Santa Fe: el adolescente es inimputable y confirmaron quién era la víctima

En plena Guerra de Medio Oriente, Argentina unió a diversas religiones con un mensaje de paz por el legado de Francisco

"Propofest": la muerte de un médico por sobredosis destapa un circuito de fiestas con anestésicos con el Hospital Italiano en la mira

A cuánto cerró el dólar hoy, martes 31 de marzo

Las jubiladas señaladas como las "prestamistas" de Manuel Adorni negaron conocer al funcionario