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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]
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)
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. In Cambodia, US notes circulate freely and are preferred over the Cambodian riel for large purchases, [27] [28] with the riel used for change to ...
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 ...
Colombia: Colombian peso $ COP Centavo: 100 Comoros: Comorian franc: FC KMF Centime: 100 Congo, Democratic Republic of the: Congolese franc: FC CDF Centime: 100 Congo, Republic of the: Central African CFA franc: F.CFA XAF Centime: 100 Cook Islands: Cook Islands dollar $ (none) Cent: 100 New Zealand dollar $ NZD Cent: 100 Costa Rica: Costa Rican ...
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.
The Latin American countries Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and Chile are the region's largest economies by gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP). Cuba is not included in the list due to lack of economic data.
Costa Rica and Colombia formalized their diplomatic relations with the signing of the Calvo-Herrán Treaty on June 11, 1856. Although as a result of the independence of Panama, recognized by Costa Rica on December 29, 1903, there is no longer a land border between Costa Rica and Colombia, both countries continue to share a considerable maritime border.