09 February 2012

ARGENTINA : Cristina Limits Daily Transactions To $230 USD.

http://en.mercopress.com/2012/02/09/argentina-limits-daily-financial-transaction-per-person-to-1.000-pesos-230-dollars

      Continuing to again reduce capital flight...President Cristina Fernandez has slashed daily cash transactions... from 10,000 pesos...to a mere 1,000 pesos/$230 usd...per person.
      Transactions above that level must be conducted in central bank authorized and monitored bank accounts.
     Capital flight was $18 bn usd for the first 9 months of 2011...and set a decade old record in Q3.
    Trading currency on the black market is now punishable for up to 8 years under a new anti-terrorist law.