Overview
- On Sunday, September 13, 2026, Banco Nación quoted the official retail dollar at ARS 1,480 for purchase and ARS 1,530 for sale, and the BCRA reported an average retail sell of ARS 1,531.73.
- The informal 'blue' market was surveyed at ARS 1,525 buy and ARS 1,545 sell, leaving a roughly 3% gap with the official rate and showing no change from August.
- Financial-asset conversion channels carried higher prices, with CCL around ARS 1,595.68 and MEP/dólar bolsa trading near ARS 1,536–1,539, reflecting a modest premium over the official market.
- Other quoted routes included a tarjeta (tourist card) price of ARS 1,989 and a crypto-linked 'dólar cripto' near ARS 1,598 while Bitcoin traded around USD 77,264.
- The split pricing results from capital controls that limit a single exchange price, so consumers face different costs depending on whether they use banks, parallel markets, stock-market conversions or crypto platforms and investors should watch spreads as a gauge of dollar demand and pressure on controls.