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DOLARIZACION PARCIAL [2 records]

Record 1 2011-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
DEF

Abandono, por las autoridades, de la moneda nacional en favor del dólar de los Estados Unidos.

CONT

El dólar tiene curso legal(los residentes del país se ven obligados a aceptarlo en los pagos) y se convierte en la nueva moneda nacional con la retirada progresiva de la antigua moneda. Contrariamente a la dolarización parcial, la dolarización integral es un caso extremadamente raro.

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Record 2 2010-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
CONT

A government wishing to reduce its inflation rate while gaining the economic benefits of co-opting another country’s currency can pursue partial rather than full dollarization. There are three types of partial dollarization: dollarization of payments (residents of the country use foreign currency to make all purchases), financial dollarization (resident’s assets and liabilities are locally held in another country’s legal tender), and real dollarization (foreign currency is used to index domestic prices).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
DEF

[...] remplacement par les agents résidents de la monnaie nationale par le dollar [des États-Unis], alors même que cette devise n'a pas les privilèges légaux de la monnaie nationale. La défiance du public envers la monnaie nationale au profit du dollar se traduit donc par une co-circulation monétaire dans l'économie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
CONT

Pocos países han reemplazado la moneda local por una extranjera para que cumpla todas las funciones de la moneda, pero muchos han permitido la dolarización parcial de la economía. [...] la dolarización parcial, bien sea de pagos, real o financiera, es muy común en las regiones en desarrollo, incluida América Latina.

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