The dollar jumped 50 cents and some banks are selling almost 46 dollars

In some banks, the dollar is already selling for $ 45.90, but it is not available anywhere below $ 45.30.

On the wholesale market, the peso depreciated by 1.3%, in a move accompanied by the evolution of Latin American currencies against a strengthening of the world dollar, said the operators.

The unit operated at 44.36 / 44.39 units per dollar, levels similar to those recorded in mid-June.

"The market is following the trend of the region's squares in a day that was reorganized at the announcement yesterday (Wednesday) of the Fed (US Federal Reserve)," said an operator.

Worldwide, the dollar is now rising at its peak for over two years, after the Federal Reserve has ruined the hopes of a series of interest rate cuts in the United States. .

Amidst an avalanche of data and events on a global scale, statements on the eve of the Fed Chairman, Jerome Powell, which activated the markets.

Powell said that the first rate cut in the United States in more than a decade "is not the beginning of a long series of discounts".

The reaction of the dollar has said everything. The dollar index reached its peak in more than two years, the euro fell below the $ 1.11 mark for the first time since May 2017 and the British pound damaged by the Brexit reached a minimum of 30 months, just over $ 1 21

The reaction of the markets to the announcement of the Fed

Global equities fell overnight and emerging markets suffered their worst series of falls in almost a year.

Treasury bonds were liquidated as investors reduced their pre-Fed expectations of at least 100 basis points in short-term cuts. 10-year bond yields reached 2,058% in Europe, compared to 2,007% in the United States.

Shares on Wall Street collapsed after Powell's remarks and the future E-minis of the S & P 500 index indicated a downward opening of 0.15%.

The widest MSCI index of shares in the Asia-Pacific, with the exception of Japan, lost 0.8%, prolonging its losses for the fifth consecutive session, reaching its lowest point. level since mid-June and recording its largest percentage decline in a month.

The Japanese Nikkei improved, reversing the previous falls; Australian equities declined 0.4%; and Chinese newspapers reported 0.8%.

Concerns were added to the completion without much progress of a brief round of negotiations between Washington and Beijing to end their trade war.

In the European currency markets, the pound fell to $ 1 2101 before a meeting of the Bank of England which should leave its rate of 0.75% unchanged. The fear of a Brexit without agreement continues to weigh on the pound, which nonetheless made slight advances against the euro at 91.17 pence.

In commodities, Brent and West Texas Intermediate futures in the United States (WTI) fell by more than 1%. Cash also dropped to $ 1,405.26.