1The process of aligning a country's currency with the US dollar.
‘The costs of official dollarization compared with a currency board are somewhat different.’
‘In particular, he emphasizes the loss of seigniorage as a result of moving from national currency to dollarization.’
‘The easiest to implement would be dollarization at current parity.’
‘Where inflation and nominal interest rates are very high, dollarization may improve government finances by increasing real revenue.’
‘Inflation rates and past depreciation in the exchange rate were largely used as explanatory variables for dollarization.’
‘Last but not least, full dollarization can improve the global economy by allowing for easier integration of economies into the world's market.’
‘Despite these protests, the government has insisted that dollarization is in the best interest of its citizens.’
‘In our ongoing analysis of international financial architecture, the author argues that dollarization is at most a second-best answer to currency confusion.’
‘Leaders also revealed plans for a 48-hour stoppage on May 1 against the dollarization of the currency and for freedom for political prisoners.’
‘In qualitative terms, the benefits of official dollarization also apply to a currency board system, although their quantitative significance will vary from country to country.’
‘Financial markets in the U.S. dollar and euro, the two most likely currencies for countries considering official dollarization, are far deeper than those in any other currency.’
‘Monetarists have also defended the use of currency boards and direct dollarization, that is, the abandonment of domestic currencies, for the same reason.’
‘Things like fixed exchange rates or dollarization don't seem to work, but unfettered capital movements all too often result in a boom/bust cycle that seems wholly unnecessary.’
‘The appreciated exchange rate and the partial dollarization of the local banking system are not necessary ingredients of a currency board regime.’
‘The dollarization of local savings and credits played important roles in agents' perceptions and behavior.’
‘The demonstrations rejected dollarization, corruption and the high cost of living.’
‘I would argue that its economic future would be jeopardized by elimination of the currency board and that a better course would involve full dollarization.’
‘For years a good part of the economics profession has been telling it to scrap the currency board in favor of dollarization.’
‘They know from elsewhere that the dollarization process would hit them particularly hard.’
‘He had disclosed his intention to carry on the dollarization programme set up by his predecessor.’
1.1The dominating effect of the US on the economy of a country.
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