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INCONVERTIBILITY [3 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

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

Situación en la cual una moneda anteriormente convertible en oro o en dólares, deja de serlo.

OBS

El caso más trascendente de declaración de inconvertibilidad tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial fue la realizada por el presidente Nixon en 1971, respecto al dólar, ante la evidencia de que las disponibilidades norteamericanas de oro en el Fuerte Knox no eran ya suficientes como para seguir manteniendo la ficción de la convertibilidad.

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Record 2 2010-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

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