A one hundred Argentine peso bill sits on top of several one hundred U.S. dollar bills in this illustration picture taken October 17, 2022.
The Sunday primary vote saw outsider candidate Javier Milei, who has pledged to dollarize the economy and eventually scrap the central bank, win the largest share of the vote.
Analyst Salvador Vitelli, however, said that despite the new measures a further devaluation was expected, even after the central bank pegged the official exchange rate at 350 pesos per dollar until the election.
"The market does not seem to believe that they will be able to maintain the exchange rate until October," he said.
Reporting by Walter Bianchi, Jorge Otaola and Lucinda Elliott; Editing by Jamie FreedOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons:
Agustin Marcarian, Gustavo Ber, Javier Milei, Salvador Vitelli, Milei, Patricia Bullrich, Sergio Massa, Milei's dollarization, Peter West, Walter Bianchi, Jorge Otaola, Lucinda Elliott, Jamie Freed
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Argentine, REUTERS, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Peronist, Economy, Monetary Fund, Sovereign, Thomson
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BUENOS AIRES, MERV