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DOLLARISATION [2 records]

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Record 1 2010-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

Adoption of the US dollar as common currency.

CONT

Dollarization is replacing a local currency with the U.S. dollar for a number of transactions.

CONT

Full dollarization of the economy is widely discussed as a way of enabling developing countries to overcome monetary and exchange rate instability.

PHR

full dollarization.

Key term(s)
  • dollarizing
  • dollarisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
DEF

Conversion monétaire au dollar américain.

CONT

[Le FMI étudie] l'impact de la libéralisation sur les économies de l'ancien bloc socialiste ainsi que les causes et effets de la «dollarisation» c'est-à-dire du remplacement des monnaies locales par le dollar pour un certain nombre de transactions.

CONT

On parle beaucoup de la dollarisation comme moyen de permettre aux pays en développement de remédier à l'instabilité de la situation monétaire et des taux de change.

PHR

dollarisation intégrale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
DEF

Adopción del dólar americano para reemplazar la moneda de un país.

CONT

En muchos círculos se considera la plena dolarización de la economía como un medio para que los países en desarrollo superen la inestabilidad monetaria y cambiaria.

PHR

plena dolarización.

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Record 2 2009-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Saving and Consumption
CONT

Dollarization occurs when residents of a country extensively use foreign currency alongside or instead of the domestic currency. Dollarization can occur unofficially, without formal legal approval, or it can be official, as when a country ceases to issue a domestic currency and uses only foreign currency. The idea of dollarization has gained prominence in the last year because several countries have considered official dollarization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Épargne et consommation
CONT

La dollarisation est le processus de remplacement par une monnaie étrangère (souvent le dollar des États-Unis d'Amérique) d'une monnaie nationale préexistante en tant qu'unité de fixation du prix des biens, d'instrument de paiements et de moyen de détention de l'épargne.

Spanish

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