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Argentine Peso
ARSArgentina · Issued by Banco Central de la República Argentina
Price (USD)
—
Inflation (2024)
+219.88%
10y M2 change
+12905%
M69 Score
0.0
Chronic high inflation; multi-tier FX
Market Cap (USD)
—
via M2 · 2024
M2 (local currency)
153.77T ARS
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+219.88%
World Bank · annual
Country
Argentina
ISO 4217 · ARS
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Argentine Peso M2 money supply
Broad money in ARS (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Argentine Peso inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Argentina. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Argentine Peso be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 ARS in 2018 buys today
0.06 ARSworth of goods
Lost 100% of purchasing power since 2018.
To match 2018 purchasing power, you need today
173,711.55 ARS
12 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 15:54:15
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- ARG
Note: Chronic high inflation; multi-tier FX
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/ARS
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Argentine Peso?+
The Argentine Peso (ARS) is issued by Banco Central de la República Argentina. As the monetary authority for Argentina, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Argentine Peso?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Argentine Peso: 219.88% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Argentine Peso been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 12905% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between ARS as accounting unit and ARS as a store of value.
Is the Argentine Peso sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Argentine Peso currently scores 0.0. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Argentine Peso compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.