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October 22, 2021

Home / Argentina’s informal peso down 2.05%, country risk widens to all time high

Argentina’s informal peso down 2.05%, country risk widens to all time high

Tajammul Pangarkar

Last updated on:October 22, 2021 Market.us

October 22, 2021

By Jorge Otaola and Walter Bianchi

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s informal peso rate weakened 2.05% to 195 per dollar on Friday and country risk shot out 19 basis points to an all-time high 1,672 as inflation soars and policy uncertainty mounts ahead of November congressional elections.

“It reflects the process of dollarization at a time of political and economic uncertainty,” local economist Gustavo Ber told Reuters.

The peso stumbled 4.36% during the week, its weakest in about a year, marking a 96.2% gap with the formal rate, which is controlled by central bank interventions.

The country’s risk spread, prepared by JP Morgan, exceeded its previous ceiling of 1,669 basis points, reached at the end of March of this year.

Consumer prices spiked to a higher-than-expected 3.5% in September. The 12-month rate was 52.5%, while inflation in the first nine months of 2021 reached 37%.

Argentina has been battling runaway inflation for years, which saps savings, incomes and economic growth. The government this week froze prices of over a thousand household goods until early 2022. Inflation is also heating up globally.

Argentines will vote in November to elect half of the lower house of Congress and a third of the Senate. Government-allied candidates got thumped in September primary elections, prompting a rash of finger-pointing in the ruling Peronist coalition.

(Reporting by Jorge Otaola and Walter Bianchi; writing by Hugh Bronstein; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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Tajammul Pangarkar

Tajammul Pangarkar is a tech blogger, and has contributed to numerous tech magazines. Tajammul longstanding experience in the field of mobile technology and industry research is reflected in his insightful news articles as presented on News.market.us. His interest lies in understanding the tech trends, mobile applications and technical consciousness on these increasingly consumer-oriented industries. When he is not ruminating about the tech world, he can be found playing table tennis or hanging out with his friends.

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