Last time the Fed raised the benchmark interest rate from 0.50 percent to 0.75 percent in December, the peso slid one percent against the dollar, mainly due to end-of-year jitters in Mexico that led to capital flight in search of better yields, something that didn't happen this time, he noted.
He also agreed with Pfiefer that the move was expected.
"At the end of the day, (the hike) sticks to the script, because Fed members still plan to raise the interest rate two more times in 2017, as they estimated in December, when they revealed their projections," said Salazar.
In Argentina, the hike was seen as a reminder that "the era of cheap money is over," the daily La Nacion said.
While the increase presents "no immediate risk to the country, it does make foreign financing more expensive," the daily noted, in an article that consulted Argentine analysts on Wall Street.
By raising the price of borrowing, "the rate hike does not imply a major risk for Argentina, but it does impose greater discipline," financial analyst Pillar Tavella, of Barclays, told the daily.
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