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Headquarters | Buenos Aires |
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Coordinates | 34°36′17″S 58°22′21″W / 34.604801°S 58.372469°W |
Established | 28 May 1935 |
Ownership | 100% state ownership[1] |
President | Santiago Bausili |
Central bank of | Argentina |
Currency | Argentine Peso ARS (ISO 4217) |
Reserves | $28.385 billion [2] |
Bank rate | 32%[3] |
Website | bcra.gob.ar |
The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (Spanish: Banco Central de la República Argentina, BCRA) is the central bank of Argentina, being an autarchic entity.
Article 3 of the Organic Charter lists the objectives of this Institution: “The bank aims to promote, to the extent of its powers and within the framework of the policies established by the national government, monetary stability, financial stability, employment, and economic development with social equity."