In two days, US $ 1817 million were lost from Central Bank reserves

The central bank announced on Tuesday that international reserves closed to u $ s65,042 million, or 690 million less than yesterday and 1,268 million less than Friday. Monday, according to provisional data, there remained $ 578 million.

Of this amount, only US $ 255 million corresponded to auctions of BCRA coffers carried out by Guido Sandleris to contain the rise in the dollar, which closed at 58.30 dollars today and remains outside the parameters set by the confirmation agreement: yesterday sold 105 million to lower it to $ 55.75 on the wholesale market and after the new rise today offered 150 million additional to contain it at 53.32 $.

In addition to these sales, the Central Bank paid $ 69 million Monday and another $ 60 million Tuesday on behalf of the National Treasury. With which national coffers left a total of 384 million dollars.

The remaining $ 889 million from the reserve was due to other reasons that will not be released until Friday.

On the same day, the Reservists will undergo a new swing of 499 million US dollars, as Dujovne was forced today to suspend the call for offers of letters expiring the following year. and to confine itself to presenting the shortest number of letters to Letes November). He managed to raise $ 410 million in nominal value, which raised $ 401 million at a nominal annual interest rate of 7%, according to LPO.

In this way, next Friday, when the 950 million Letes expire this week – they were taken on 8 January at 4.75% per year – an additional production of 549 million dollars will be generated.

It should be remembered that the Central Bank has space to sell up to $ 250 million a day, but with capital outflows of about $ 300 million a day for other transactions, Sandleris chooses to ration the sale of currencies.

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