Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA)
Argentina’s Marcó del Pont gets green light but reserves plan fails
Argentine Senate approves Mercedes Marcó del Pont as central bank’s new governor but lower house rejects President’s reserves plan; controversial debt swap to be unveiled
Jilted bondholders can attack Argentine central bank’s assets: US court
US judge decrees central bank and government one entity and breaks dam guarding assets from unpaid creditors; central bank expected to appeal ruling
Argentine governor clings on to job as politicians splinter
Argentine Senate postpones vote on rejecting new governor Mercedes Marcó del Pont to next Wednesday after opposition factions disagree
Argentine Senate set to reject governor
Central bank set to be leaderless again after committee vote against Fernández ally
Fernández’s central bank raid finally succeeds
Hours after admitting defeat on emergency decree, President Fernández plunders central banks reserves through new measures
Argentine president drops efforts to plunder reserves
President Fernández abandons plans to raid central bank’s coffers to repay national debt for now
Argentine court blocks debt repayment fund
Appeals court thwarts Argentine president Cristina Fernández’s decree by upholding injunction against the forced transfer of central bank reserves to bondholder repayment fund
No winners from Redrado’s row
The Central Bank of Argentina's conflict confronts the country with a Catch-22 situation from which the authorities cannot profit, argues Vladimir Werning, an economist at JP Morgan.
Argentina surprises with new governor
Mercedes Marcó del Pont, the pro-government head of a state bank, is made governor of the Argentine central bank, commentators and markets in shock
Frontrunner Blejer: deputy should take over
Former Argentine governor Mario Blejer tells CentralBanking.com deputy should see out Redrado’s term
Argentina’s Redrado resigns
Argentine central bank governor gives in after three-week stand-off with the country’s president, government says it does not accept resignation
Ex-governors and prominent academics in new forum
Former Argentine central bank governor Mario Blejer, former Bundesbank president Ernst Welteke and a slew of prominent academics will participate in a new forum
Redrado barred from central bank by police
The fall out between Argentine central bank head Martín Redrado and President Cristina Fernández escalates as police are posted outside the central bank to prevent him entering
Redrado reinstated
Argentine central bank governor is back at work after a federal judge rules presidential decree unconstitutional
Argentine president fires Redrado
Governor dismissed by presidential decree on Thursday evening following his refusal to hand over reserves
Argentina’s Redrado clings to position
Buenos Aires wants former governor Mario Blejer to take over following governor’s questioning of plan to raid reserves
Argentina to plunder central bank to pay off debt
Argentine government announces plans to create a fund to repay creditors which would use central bank’s reserves
Take time to revise international financial architecture
Central Bank of Argentina believes reform of international financial architecture can wait until crisis abates
Argentina’s Redrado on currency mismatches
Central Bank of Argentina’s Martin Redrado on regulating currency mismatches
Argentina’s crippling fear of floating
Argentina’s history of crises has haunted successive generations of policymakers, argues Vladimir Werning
Interview: Martín Redrado
A re-equipped central bank is able to tackle mounting inflationary pressures in Argentina as the economy prospers, explains the central bank’s president.
Argentine cbank chief testifies, quotes Kafka
Argentina's embattled central bank president Pedro Pou testified before a congressional commission on Mar 14 to defend himself from allegations he turned a blind eye to money laundering.
Argentine cbank head asks judge to suspend probe
Argentina's Central Bank President Pedro Pou asked a federal judge on Mar 12, 2001 to stop a congressional commission investigating charges he turned a blind eye to money laundering from voicing its conclusion.
Argentine cbank head called 'lax on control'
Argentine Central Bank President Pedro Pou opened the door for widespread money laundering with derelict financial controls, a member of a congressional committee investigating whether the banker should be dismissed said on Mar 2, 2001.