Consequences of Abandoning Argentina's 2001 Currency Peg
The 2001 abandonment of Argentina's fixed exchange rate against the dollar triggered a massive financial and economic crisis, a dramatic depreciation of the peso, and a return to the country's historical pattern of high inflation. This policy reversal was marked by the resumption of monetary finance, where the government began creating new money again via growth of the monetary base.
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