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In Mexico's northern border area and major tourist zones, it is accepted as if it were a second legal currency. Many Canadian merchants close to the border, as well as large stores in big cities and major tourist hotspots in Peru also accept U.S. dollars, though usually at a value that favours the merchant.
However, semi-dollarization also exists in a few other countries where the U.S. dollar is recognised as legal tender alongside another currency, and unofficial dollarization exists in many areas where the U.S. dollar is widely used and accepted-although it is not recognised as legal tender. [6]
Currency substitution is the use of a foreign currency in parallel to or instead of a domestic currency. [1]Currency substitution can be full or partial. Full currency substitution can occur after a major economic crisis, such as in Ecuador, El Salvador, and Zimbabwe.
crawling peg to USD Nicaragua: Nicaraguan córdoba: NIO: Central Bank of Nicaragua: crawling peg to USD Costa Rica: Costa Rican colón: CRC: Central Bank of Costa Rica: float Panama: US dollar / Panamanian balboa: USD / PAB: Federal Reserve Bank / National Bank of Panama: 1.00 PAB = 1.00 USD Colombia: Colombian peso: COP: Banco de la República ...
The U.S. dollar saw an 8% decline in its share of global reserves in 2022 — causing some to question whether the dollar’s days of dominance are over.
Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ghana Philippines Romania Uzbekistan Argentina Laos Mauritania Mozambique Switzerland Solomon Islands South Sudan Tunisia Zambia ; Pegged exchange rate within horizontal bands (1) Morocco ; Other managed arrangement (12)
An extensive police operation in Costa Rica on Tuesday resulted in the arrests of 21 people suspected of links to an international human-trafficking network operating between Ecuador and the ...
Mexico responded by granting Castillo’s family asylum and condemning Castillo’s detainment. Still, Ecuador’s raid on the Mexican Embassy marks a serious departure from international norms ...