Pursuant to Section 3 of the Charter of the BCRA, the main purpose of the BCRA is to ensure monetary stability in Argentina.
As from September 2016, inflation targeting has enabled to consolidate—for the first time in many years—a declining inflation expectation for the coming years. Moreover, the BCRA seeks to encourage the stability and growth of the financial sector with a view to achieving its ultimate objective: economic development with social equality.
The third pillar of the BCRA is to promote the streamlining of means of payment.
Based on these fundamental guidelines, the BCRA announces the following objectives and plans for the coming year:
Objectives and Plans regarding the Implementation of the Monetary, Financial, Lending and Foreign Exchange Policies for 2018



