Argentina economy: Peso rises after interest rate jump

Argentina’s central bank raised interest rates for the third time in a week after the Argentine peso slumped against the US dollar on Thursday.

Argentina‘s peso currency has rebounded after the government hiked interest rates again to 40 percent.

The central bank raised interest rates for the third time in a week.

The measures were taken to prevent another economic crisis.

Al Jazeera’s Daniel Schweimler reports from Buenos Aires