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The blue dollar and the savings dollar are sold for $ 153: who can buy in the official market

2021-02-01T14:49:34.519Z


The restrictions that disqualify most savers remain in force. In December only 815,000 people accessed.


Annabella quiroga

02/01/2021 11:40 AM

  • Clarín.com

  • Economy

Updated 02/01/2021 11:40 AM

This Monday, with the start of February, the

new quota

of the saving dollar

is released

.

Thus, those who qualify for this operation can now acquire the US $ 200 per month through homebanking.

Based on today's opening prices, the retail dollar is selling for

$ 92.80

at the bank average.

With the surcharges of the PAIS tax and the 35% advance payment to Profits,

the saving dollar reaches $ 153.

The blue dollar starts at the same level this week, which fell by $ 13 in January. It is closely followed by financial dollars, which trade at $ 148 in the case of the stock dollar and at $ 150 for cash with liquidity, the operation that allows you to get foreign currency from the country.

In this way, January closed with the different types of dollars with

only five pesos away

in the price.

Behind this

"exchange rate"

that lasted for more than two months is the seasonality of the demand for pesos, which means that at the beginning of the summer there is a preference of companies and people to "stay in pesos" to face expenses such as Christmas bonuses and vacations.

This, together with the exchange rate hold and the greater controls of the Central Bank and the AFIP to detect maneuvers of "fiscal inconsistency" explain the

exchange rate.

In the marked fall of the blue, which

reduced the exchange gap to 75%

, half of the level reached in 2020, analysts agree that last October there was an "overshooting" that made the informal get too expensive -he touched the $ 195-, so it is now finding its way into a market in which savers feel the

loss of purchasing power in

their pockets

.

Last December, the latest data available,

815,000 people accessed the savings dollar

.

In August, before the reinforcement of the foreign exchange cap, there were 4 million who used the quota.

In all of 2020,

US $ 5.750 million

were sold

in this way.

The fall in the number of buyers is due to the

restrictions

established by the September stocks, which disqualify more than 80% of potential buyers.

The reasons why the quota cannot be accessed are various.

One of the main ones is that

the employees of companies that have accessed the Work and Production Assistance program (ATP)

in which the State paid part of the salaries of the private sector

cannot buy this dollar

.

The ATP was cut in December and the bulk of companies no longer received it since October.

However, the disqualification remains in effect.

This occurs because, according to the Central Bank, both managers and employees of companies that received ATP are restricted

for 12 months

to access the official market.

And this happens even if the company has participated only once in the ATP.

In other words, the workers of a company that received the ATP for the payment of April salaries still cannot use the quota of US $ 200.

The same occurs with

beneficiaries of social plans such

as the Emergency Family Income (IFE), which has not been paid since September.

For 12 months these 9 million people will not be able to buy savings dollars.

The restrictions continue.

Neither can those who entered the automatic refinancing of unpaid credit card balances in April or September buy.

In both cases, the restriction is maintained until they finish paying all the fees that were rescheduled.

In the same situation are those who took out mortgage or pledge loans whose

installments were frozen. 

Access to the savings dollar is also prohibited for those who

 cannot demonstrate that they have registered income

.

And for those who have been included in the Central's blacklist by being registered as

"digital coleros

", that is, people who sell their quota to third parties.

Those who

have bought financial dollars

in the last three months are also out of the game

, whether it is the MEP or the stock dollar or cash with liquid.

And also, those who had

expenses in dollars

with the credit or debit card and have already used up the equivalent of US $ 200 in this way

cannot use the quota

.

AQ

Look also

The AFIP began to investigate the purchases of financial dollars: it has already intimidated more than 300 taxpayers

Despite strong restrictions, nearly US $ 18 billion left the Central Bank in 2020

Source: clarin

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