The blue dollar opens unchanged this Friday January 14th and trades at $206.50 to buy and $209.50 for sale in the city of Buenos Aires.
Thus, he stays in his closing record and is one step away from the all-time high set on December 30, when it briefly traded at $210.
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Consequently, the gap with the wholesale bill, which operates at $103.85, reaches 101,73%.
For its part, the official dollar is trading at $102.75 for purchases $ 108.75 for sale on the screens of the Banco de la Nación Argentina (BNA).
Consequently, the “solidarity” exchange rate or savings is located in $179,44.
The price of the blue dollar in the last 30 days
the blue dollar increased $6.50 in December.
In November, the informal exchange rate had gained $5 or 2%, almost double what the wholesaler rose in the same period. The parallel touched the then record of $207 in the days before the legislative elections on November 14.
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The price of the dollar in the last year
Throughout 2021, added $42 or 25.3%, well below estimated inflation for the same period, which is estimated at 50%.
After the reinforcement of the exchange rate, in October 2020, the blue dollar deflated during the first quarter of 2021. It had started the year at $165, but at the beginning of April it touched the floor of $139.
had a slight upturn and on April 28 the parallel price reached $162. During the following weeks, the blue dollar remained below that value, until June 24, when it broke the barrier of $170.
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At the end of July, crossed another psychological barrier, that of the $180. Except for brief intervals, the rest of the year remained above these levels.
In August, the price of the blue dollar remained relatively calm and moved between $178 and $183. In the days before the elections STEP Legislative of September 12, the price went up again and reached $186.50. It remained around that value until the first weeks of October.
Towards the end of October, the blue dollar returned to touch its maximum nominal value, of $195, and days before the elections of November reached $207.
During the first weeks of December, the price spiked to $195.50. However, it regained momentum around the end of the year, when briefly listed at $210, to close 2021 at $ 208.
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