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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That is not the idea that he had in mind when devaluing the currency. Instead of respecting the international money market exchange rates for USD to the Peso, he has unilaterally declared a new value which is about half of what it was before. The idea is to make Argentinian goods and labor competitive on the international market so the country can vacuum up huge sums of money from greedy investors.

That idea is dumb though because investors tend to want some kind of political stability. They will not just say "Oh I can build my widget for 30% cheaper in Argentina because of this money woo" - they will say "Oh, Argentina will probably seize my assets if we invest there because they're being run by a nutjob dictator."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

The black market rate was around 1000 pesos per dollar and the official was 400. They devalued it to bring it closer to the black market one.

If the official rate meant anything, the black market one wouldn't be so drastically different.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Instead of respecting the international money market exchange rates for USD to the Peso

You're completely ignoring the black market Peso : USD conversion rate, which is even lower than what Millei has shifted things to at about 1000 pesos per dollar. The aim is to try to get the rate to actually reflect reality.