BCRA reports another reserve decline, with gross reserves below USD 49.7 billion
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What happened
The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic's latest daily reserve data showed gross reserves below USD 49.7 billion. The decline came even as the BCRA recorded another day of net purchases in the official foreign-exchange market.
Why it matters
Daily reserve data are a direct signal of the central bank's capacity to meet FX commitments and support its exchange-rate regime. When reserves fall despite official-market purchases, investors and creditors focus more closely on other outflows and on the durability of current policy settings.
Argentina's central bank reported within the past 24 hours that gross international reserves fell again, dropping below USD 49.7 billion despite another session of purchases in the official FX market. The combination of reserve losses and limited daily buying points to ongoing drains from other items such as payments, valuation changes, or interventions. For the economic team, the update matters because reserve stock is a near-term constraint on exchange-rate policy, market confidence, and creditor negotiations.
Watch for
BCRA publication of the next daily gross-reserve stock on 2026-09-23 or 2026-09-24 BCRA disclosure of official-market FX intervention result for the next trading session Economy Ministry or BCRA announcement between 2026-09-22 and 2026-09-25 on repo, swap, or multilateral disbursement flows ROFEX/Matba futures curve move on 2026-09-23 showing a wider implied crawl versus the prior close
Sources
- Ámbito Financiero, líder en noticias económicas · ambito.com
- El Cronista · cronista.com
- El Banco Central aceleró la compra de dólares, pero cerraría septiembre con el menor nivel de adquisiciones del año · infobae.com
- El Banco Central compró US$70 millones, pero se encamina a cerrar el mes con el menor saldo del año · lanacion.com.ar
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