To Contain the Dollar, the Central Bank Reduced Purchases of Reserves to the Lowest Level so Far This Year
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Buenos Aires – 16 August 2026 – Total News Agency – TNA – The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA) reduced in August its purchases of dollars at the lowest rate of the year and left exposed an increasingly evident tension within the economic program: accumulating reserves to strengthen the balance sheet of the monetary authority or limiting its own demand for foreign exchange to prevent the exchange rate from surpassing the area of $1,5…
The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA) recalibrated its strategy in the Free Market of Exchanges (MLC) with a clear objective: to prioritize the brake to inflation above the accelerated accumulation of reserves. During the first half of August, the entity slowed its purchases of foreign currency to the lowest rate of all...
After reducing BCRA's purchases of reserves, Javier Milei's management is betting on keeping the wholesale dollar below $1500 and containing the transfer at prices.
The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA) reduced in the first half of August its rate of accumulation of reserves to the lowest level so far this year.The measure responds to a deliberate strategy of the monetary authority, led by the economist Santiago Bausili, aimed at not validating pressures on the exchange rate and to sustain the path of inflation slowdown, according to official data.During the first weeks of the month, the monetar…
In August, the Central Bank (BCRA) went through the lowest rate of purchase of reserves of all 2026. In the first ten working days of the month, it accumulated a positive balance of US$330 million, equivalent to a daily average of US$33 million, a figure much lower than that recorded in the previous months. The slowdown coincides with the strategy of the economic team to keep the official dollar below $1,500, a level that the market considers ke…
The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA) reduced during the first half of August the rate at which it buys dollars in the official market and brought its buying intervention to the lowest level recorded so far this year. The decision takes place in a context of monitoring the evolution of the exchange rate and inflation expectations, with the monetary authority prioritizing a lower pressure on the foreign exchange market. During the fir…
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