It is hard to find but omnipresent in the daily calculations of all Argentines: the US dollar and its value relative to the feeble peso — a thermometer of an economy in crisis and galloping inflation.

It is hard to come by but ever-present on the mind of average Argentines: the US dollar, whose value relative to the feeble peso is a barometer for an economy in crisis. “The Argentine saves in dollars and when a crisis hits, he sells.