Tag: US dollars market

• Thursday, August 10th 2017 - 09:43 UTC

  Fear of a Cristina Fernandez comeback has cost the Argentine central bank over a billion dollars

  

  The Argentine primary next Sunday when the different parties will choose their candidates for the midterm elections of 22 October, and the possibility of a comeback of ex president Cristina Fernandez, and all that she represents, has cost the Argentine central bank so far over a billion dollars in the last ten days.

• Friday, May 25th 2012 - 06:56 UTC

  Argentina extends dollar purchase control to residents travelling abroad

  

  Argentina announced on Thursday the use of a new computer tool to gather information from buyers of holiday packages from travel agencies, in another attempt to control savers thirst for greenbacks after the government's crackdown on access to dollars.