"The official exchange rate will go to 800 pesos" to the dollar, up from 391, Caputo announced, part of a raft of "shock" measures to tackle triple-digit-inflation and cut spending.
He also announced a reduction in the state's generous subsidies of fuel and transport, without saying by how much.
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