
Argentina's government is resisting investor pressure to speed up foreign exchange liberalisation and let the peso float. Economy Minister Luis Caputo has ruled out lifting exchange rate controls in the near term.
The government plans to keep buying sovereign bonds and building reserves within the peso's trading bands.
Keeping the peso tightly controlled and possibly overvalued affects Argentina's export competitiveness for soymeal and oil. A later move to a weaker peso could shift the export pace for Argentine oilseed products.
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