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Bolivian central bank offers preferential rate for dollars

Dwindling reserves drive new measures to obtain foreign exchange and gold for central bank

Banco Central de Bolivia
Central Bank of Bolivia, La Paz
Photo: Rachael King

The Central Bank of Bolivia announced on February 8 that it would offer private exporters a preferential exchange rate for their dollar earnings.

In a statement, the central bank said it would purchase dollars “at a competitive exchange rate that will be above the average offered in the financial system”.

The measure is an attempt to reinforce the country’s diminished reserves and preserve a de facto currency peg with the dollar. It also may aim appease exporters in a major eastern province

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