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Official Dollar Slips to $1,470 as Risk Premium Eases and Markets Extend Rally

IMF urges a clearer monetary and FX framework, with a technical mission to Buenos Aires to assess reserve progress.

Overview

  • Banco Nación cut the retail sell rate to $1,470, the blue fell to $1,430, and the wholesale rate dipped to about $1,444, still well below the BCRA band ceiling near $1,513.
  • S&P Merval rose roughly 2.9% and dollar bonds firmed as J.P. Morgan’s riesgo país edged down to about 639 basis points, with key global bond yields now in single digits.
  • Economy Minister Luis Caputo said banks offered between US$6–7 billion and indicated the Treasury may take around US$4 billion to cover January obligations.
  • Financial dollars eased, with the MEP near $1,470 and the CCL around $1,509, reinforcing a broad ‘pax cambiaria’ across official, financial and parallel segments.
  • Analysts cautioned that sub‑2% monthly peso yields and weak exporter liquidations (about US$760 million in November) could revive FX pressures without stronger reserve inflows.