Argentine Dollar Exchange Rates: Official, Blue, and Financial Quotes Today

On Saturday, August 22, 2026, the Argentine foreign exchange market closed the business week with the official retail dollar trading at $1,470 for purchase and $1,520 for sale at Banco Nación, according to financial reports compiled from Ámbito and Sitios Argentina. The currency rates reflect the final trading figures across official, informal, and financial exchange segments as markets paused for the weekend. Official and Wholesale Exchange Rates

Across the broader financial system monitored by the Central Bank of Argentina, the official wholesale dollar—which serves as the primary benchmark for commercial transactions—settled at $1.499. According to Ámbito, the average across financial institutions reporting to the Central Bank placed the retail currency at $1.518,13 for sale. Meanwhile, the tourist or card dollar, which applies a 30 percent surcharge deductible from Income Tax over the official retail baseline, reached $1.976. Informal and Financial Currencies

In the informal market, the blue dollar traded at $1.530 for purchase and $1,550 for sale within the Buenos Aires financial district, based on Ámbito’s street survey. Financial dollar segments, utilizing equity and bond mechanisms, registered parallel valuations. The Contado con Liquidación (CCL) dollar stood at $1.595,31, leaving its gap against the official rate at 6.4 percent, while the MEP dollar operated at $1.535,08 with a 2.4 percent gap, as reported by Ámbito. Additionally, crypto dollars tracked via Bitso exchanged hands at $1.585,44, and Bitcoin traded at $77,180 on Binance. Broader Economic Context

The currency pricing comes alongside fresh economic data from INDEC indicating that inflation for July marked 2.1 percent, breaking a three-month streak of deceleration. According to official figures cited by Sitios Argentina, accumulated inflation reached 19.3 percent for the year, while the rolling twelve-month metric totaled 22.8 percent. Following the lifting of previous currency controls, banking institutions continue to facilitate retail dollar acquisitions through home banking platforms, subject to individual entity operating hours and verification requirements.