Overview
- On Wednesday the official retail dollar at Banco Nación was reported at $1.545 while the wholesale (mayorista) traded near $1.525, and parallel market rates remained higher than official quotes.
- The informal 'dólar blue' was quoted around $1,550 to $1,570 and market-dollar measures showed a wider gap with the official rate, with CCL near $1,623.7 and MEP around $1,545.7.
- The Central Bank bought about US$642 million across four sessions, lifting gross reserves to roughly US$50,152 million, and set the November exchange‑band ceiling at $1,989.12 for the last business day of that month.
- The Treasury completed a dollar‑linked bond swap worth US$3,896 million with 72.85% adhesion to cut near‑term maturing obligations, and the riesgo país settled at 672 basis points after intraday swings toward 710.
- For ordinary savers and travelers the result is a patchwork of prices: bank retail, tarjeta (card) surcharges and informal rates move differently, which raises costs for foreign purchases and keeps pressure on household budgets while markets watch reserve and debt paths into 2027–2028.