2025 United States–Argentina currency swap

2025 United States–Argentina currency swap
Part of 2018–present Argentine monetary crisis
Argentine President Javier Milei and US President Donald Trump at the UN headquarters in September 2025
DateOctober 9, 2025 (2025-10-09)

On 9 October 2025, United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the United States purchased Argentine pesos and agreed to a currency swap worth 20 billion US dollars, of which only 2.5 billion were used.