The street dollar rate in Argentina, by API, for your business
EMpulse gives Argentine companies the rate people actually pay for dollars in pesos, next to the official rate, in a feed your systems can read.
Today's street rate, with its confidence
As of 2026-10-28, the street rate for the US dollar in Argentina is 1,581 ARS per USD, according to the EMpulse Street FX Index (34 sources, confidence high).
The task: pricing and booking against a rate that moves
In Argentina the official rate and the street rate (the parallel or blue dollar) can sit far apart, and finance teams, importers, exporters and online shops need to know the gap every day. Copying a rate by hand from a news site or a chat does not leave a record you can audit. You need the street rate, the premium over the official rate and the history in one place, so that prices, invoices and reports use the same number.
How EMpulse solves it
EMpulse publishes a street exchange-rate index for the peso against the US dollar, built from transaction-based market data and quotes from independent public market sources. Every figure carries a confidence class and the number of sources behind it, so you can see how firm it is before you use it. Take it from the website, or call the API with a free key and pull the current rate, the premium and the history into your pricing tool, spreadsheet or ERP.
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Plans: start with a free key
Free
$0
- RUB, UAH, EGP + your country's currency
- 1-day delay
- 100 requests/day
- The free level of every product, even without a key
Starter
from $39/mo
- Today's data and every active currency of the product
- 90 days of history, JSON or CSV
- 1,000 requests/day
- EM FX News & Sentiment — $39/mo
- EM Parallel FX Market Size — $49/mo
- Rail Health Index — $39/mo
- FX Rate Stack — $39/mo
- Street FX Index — $39/mo: 91 active currencies, and growing
- Unmet Demand Map — $39/mo
- USDT Liquidity & Premium — $39/mo
- All products — $99/mo
Pro
from $119/mo
- All of Starter, plus the full history
- Hourly series where they exist, MCP
- 10,000 requests/day
- EM FX News & Sentiment — $119/mo
- EM Parallel FX Market Size — $149/mo
- Rail Health Index — $119/mo
- FX Rate Stack — $129/mo
- Street FX Index — $149/mo: 91 active currencies, and growing · Same-day data · Hourly rates (intraday) · Official vs Street · FX Stress Signals · EM FX Events
- Unmet Demand Map — $129/mo
- USDT Liquidity & Premium — $119/mo
- All products — $249/mo
Payments in USDT (TRC-20). Yearly plans cost 15% less than monthly.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the street rate in the EMpulse index?
- It is the rate at which people actually exchange pesos for US dollars outside the official channel, published as an index with a confidence class and the number of sources.
- Where does the data come from?
- From transaction-based market data and quotes from independent public market sources.
- Can I get the premium over the official rate?
- Yes. The index lets you compare the street rate with the official rate and follow the gap over time. The plans below show which history and feed options each level includes.
- Do I need to pay to try the API?
- No. You can start with a free key, which shows the index with a delay, and move to Starter or Pro when you need fresher readings and more history.
- Is this investment advice?
- No. EMpulse is reference data for pricing and reporting. It does not recommend buying or selling any currency.