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Facundo Iglesia
Facundo Iglesia is an economics, finance and technology reporter for the Buenos Aires Herald. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Wired, Le Monde Diplomatique, Rest of World, Perfil, among many others. In 2021, he won the ESET Latin American Award for Journalism on Computer Security.
Official statistics show an increase in consumption, but households are struggling and redistributing their income
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The peso strengthened on expectations that more details about the US bailout will be revealed after the tete-a-tete
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Consumers say local products are too pricey, while manufacturers claim that taxes, banking fees are sinking their ability to compete
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The Central Bank claims it has merely clarified an existing restriction. Analysts aren’t buying it
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Official statistics released this week showed the percentage of people below the breadline had fallen from 38% to 32% — but independent studies present a grimmer picture
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Dollar & PesoEconomics
Interest rates in Argentina cut after US bailout and tax holiday for grain exporters
The Central Bank reduced its rates on repos, and financial institutions followed suit
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Dollar & PesoEconomics
Caputo vows to sell ‘down to the last dollar’ as Central Bank loses US$1.1 bn in 3 days
The informal and financial exchange rates exceeded AR$1,500 while Argentina’s country risk surpassed 1,500 basis points
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Parallel dollars soared as the administration struggled to keep the official exchange rate at AR$1474.5
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Dollar & PesoEconomics
First blood: Argentina’s Central Bank sells US$53 million to cap exchange rate
The dollar surpassed AR$1474.4, the ceiling of the IMF-negotiated currency band, forcing the monetary authority to intervene for the first time in five months
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The decision has caused controversy because Nucleoeléctrica Argentina is one of the country’s few state companies that turns a profit
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A New York court had ordered the province to pay the hedge funds US$124.7 million for defaulting on bonds in 2020, after they declined to participate in a debt restructure