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Argentine wholesale peso breaches $1500/USD, signaling official devaluation strategy shift
La Nación (Argentina)LO·AR·2 days ago
Argentina's central bank refrained from buying dollars in the exchange market for the third time this year, allowing the peso to weaken further. The move signals a deliberate policy shift toward reduced intervention, likely to preserve reserves. This raises uncertainty about the pace of depreciation and its inflationary impact.