Dollar today: the free quote is traded without variants at $202 for sale

The free dollar is offered without variants this Tuesday, at $202, with an exchange rate gap of 83.5% compared to the wholesale dollar, at 110.08 pesos.

“Pending the further increase in rates by the BCRA and increases in withholding, the balance of interventions after the sales of the last wheels is monitored, since it would be about to enter the seasonal phase of greatest export liquidation,” said economist Gustavo Ber.

“After breaking the $200, financial dollars have been looking to test a 'floor' in the face of the 'combo' of increased demand after the significant cumulative contraction of the order of 20% from the highs, inflation that presses on the basis of nominality and the still high appetite for rebalances towards CER instruments,” added the head of the Studio Ber.

In March, the BCRA retains a balance in favor of some 450 million for its foreign exchange share, preceded by four months with a negative balance, between November and February.

International reserves increased on Monday by about $5 million and ended at $37,018 million.

The final approval of the agreement by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is awaited, the Minister of Economy Martín Guzmán travels to France to resume a new understanding with the Paris Club for the USD 2 billion debt with which a time bridge had been agreed in June 2021 until March 31 this year.

In addition, Guzmán will participate in a ministerial meeting of the International Energy Agency (IEA), which will bring together the highest authorities in the field of the leading countries to coordinate actions in the context of the global energy crisis, and will hold meetings with companies in the energy sector.

“Argentina had made a payment of almost USD 190 million to the Paris Club on February 25, as part of the agreement reached in the middle of last year, by which it had already made another disbursement of USD 227 million by the end of July, both on the capital account of the total debt,” explained experts from Research for Traders .

Guzmán's preliminary proposal is to reach a seven-year agreement, with a two-year grace period, with an interest rate of 1% in the first 24 months and then a 1.5%, compared to 9% triggered by the agreement signed with Kicillof in 2014 for not having an agreement with the IMF.

The Ministry of Economy will tender on Tuesday Bills and Bonds in pesos for a minimum nominal value of $45 billion. A new LELITE will be tendered at a discount due on April 18, the LEDE S29L2, a new LEDE S16G2, the LEDE S31G2, the BONCER T2X4, and the BONCER TX26. The receipt of bids for all instruments will be until 3 pm, and the settlement of the titles received and awarded in the first and second round will take place on Friday, March 25, 2022.

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