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Argentina: Citizens no longer allowed to buy dollars for saving purposes

Announcement

05 Jul 2012

In July 2012, the government of Argentina announced restrictions to foreign exchange access.

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Number of interventions

1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

05 Jul 2012

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 05 Jul 2012
Control on personal transactions In force
On 5 July 2012, the Central Bank of Argentina announced that it would not allow citizens to buy dollars for the purpose of saving them. Up until this decision, individuals could use pesos to buy up t...
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