Overview
- The Treasury settled roughly $4.2–$4.3 billion in Globales and Bonares, funded by deposits, proceeds from the Comahue dam sale and a $3 billion repo with international banks.
- The BCRA bought $43 million on Friday, lifting net purchases to about $218 million for the first week of January under its reserve‑accumulation program.
- Gross international reserves ended near $44.396 billion after the bond payments, easing from earlier gains despite the central bank’s consecutive dollar buys.
- Exchange rates were contained: Banco Nación closed at ARS 1,490 for retail sales, the wholesale rate finished at ARS 1,465, the blue around ARS 1,505, the MEP near ARS 1,492 and the CCL around ARS 1,534.
- The informal dollar logged its steepest weekly drop in about two months, and traders are watching whether bond‑payment dollars are reinvested or repatriated next week.