How much is it negotiating this Sunday, September 12

The blue dollar quote this Sunday 12 September at $ 181.00 for the purchase and $ 185.00 for the sale. The difference between blue and the official dollar, it is 87%.

Thus, the blue dollar remains stable compared to the last price.

The blue dollar value it has a substantial difference with the official dollar, which is acquired in banks and at an established price.

How was the price of the blue dollar and its evolution in September 2021

Why is it called a blue dollar?

The blue dollar This is the one that circulates on the black market and usually has a higher value than the official. An explanation of its name indicates that it is so called because in English, “blue”, in addition to naming the color blue, refers to something “dark”.

Another theory relates it to purchase transactions through bonds or shares of so-called companies. “blue fries”. They also associate it with the rough color that appears when a fibrone is applied to detect counterfeit banknotes.

Origin of the blue dollar

The concept of the blue dollar began to be used in Argentina from 2011, due to the restrictions for the acquisition of foreign currency that the Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP) and the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic began to apply under the government of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Are limits They gained new momentum in December 2019, after President Alberto Fernández’s announcements regarding the Economic Emergency Law. There, the introduction of the tourist dollar and the 30% tax on the purchase of dollars for savings and tourism was promoted. It entered into force on Monday, December 23, when it was announced in the Official Journal.

This generates that sectors that travel abroad choose to buy dollars in the black market, thus generating an increase in the price of the blue dollar.

It should also be noted that the exchange rate remains in effect and that, therefore, the purchase of the official dollar continues limit by the Central Bank only $ 200 per month if it is done by online transaction or 100 dollars if it is done by the window.