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The Sucre (Spanish pronunciation:) was the currency of Ecuador between 1884 and 2000. Its ISO code was ECS and it was subdivided into 10 decimos and 100 centavos. The sucre was named after Latin American political leader Antonio José de Sucre. The currency was replaced by the United States dollar as a result of the 1998–99 financial crisis.
The sucre lost 67% of its foreign exchange value during 1999, then in one week nosedived 17%, ending at 25,000/US$1 on January 7, 2000. On January 9, President Jamil Mahuad announced that the US dollar would be adopted as Ecuador's official currency.
The Unidad de Valor Constante (UVC) was a currency created by the "Ley de Valores" of Ecuador in 1993, and abolished with dollarization in the presidency of Jamil Mahuad on January 9, 2000. It was meant to help deal with the high levels of inflation experienced under the sucre. The 1 UVC was specified at its introduction (May 28, 1993) to equal ...
The 1998–99 Ecuador economic crisis was a period of economic instability that resulted from a combined inflationary-currency crisis, financial crisis, fiscal crisis, and sovereign debt crisis. [1] Severe inflation and devaluation of the sucre led to President Jamil Mahuad announcing on January 9, 2000 that the U.S. dollar would be adopted as ...
Ecuadorian centavo coins were introduced in 2000 when Ecuador converted its currency from the sucre to the U.S. dollar. [1] The coins are in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 centavos and are identical in size and value to their U.S. cent counterparts (although the U.S. 50-cent coin counterpart is not often seen in circulation).
An austerity program including the devaluation of the sucre proved unpopular domestically but allowed Ecuador to negotiate debt repayment with the International Monetary Fund and receive financial aid. By 1984 the economy had largely recovered, so Ecuador withdrew from the OPEC in order to increase oil revenue. A drop in international oil ...
Central Bank of Ecuador Banco Central del Ecuador Headquarters: Quito: Established: August 10, 1927; 97 years ago () Ownership: 100% state ownership [1] Key people: Guillermo Avellán Solines: Central bank of: Ecuador: Currency: None 1: Reserves: 8,458.7 million USD (December 2022) Website: www.bce.fin.ec: 1 Previously Ecuadorian sucre (ECS ...
In 2000, Ecuador replaced its currency, the sucre, with the US dollar. When the dollar was introduced, this 20,000-sucre bill was worth 80 US cents. The US dollar became the only official currency of Ecuador in 2000. [ 27 ]