Overview
- Official retail dollar at Banco Nación was quoted at 1,490 pesos buy and 1,540 pesos sell in early October, providing the formal reference for banks and many transactions.
- Financial-market quotes recorded on Oct. 3 show the MEP around 1,543.60/1,551.90 and the CCL near 1,621.10/1,623.80, reflecting bond-based operations used by investors to obtain dollars.
- The informal blue market was surveyed at roughly 1,540/1,560 while the dólar tarjeta — the card rate that adds taxes to the official price — stood at about 2,002 pesos, raising the cost of overseas card purchases.
- Mexico’s peso traded near 18.16 per dollar on Oct. 3, with regional moves linked to U.S. labor data and global Treasury yields that also influence Argentine financial-dollar demand.
- The coexistence of official, MEP, CCL, tarjeta and blue rates matters for savers, companies and tourists because each rate uses a different channel or tax rule, which changes how cheaply people and firms can buy or move dollars.