Price of the blue dollar in the year
So far this year, the informal dollar has advanced $79 (+38%) after closing 2021 at $208.
During the past year, the Dolar blue registered an increase of 25.3% ($42), half of the inflation rate for the period (50.9%). However, it is worth remembering that in 2020 it had shown a sharp jump of 111% (compared to 36% inflation).
During August, the blue dollar fell $6 (-2%) after ending July at $296. Let us remember that in the seventh month of the year, the parallel dollar it had climbed $58 (+24.4%), which represents its biggest monthly advance in the year so far.
Previously, it had increased $31 (+15%) in June, after rising $6.50 (3.2%) in May. The parallel dollar rose 50 cents in April, and lost $11 in March, its worst performance in 14 months. Last February, it fell $6.50 (-3%), after rising $5 or 2.4% in January.