“Yet the Canadian dollar, Mexican peso, Taiwan dollar and Japanese yen all posted small gains against the greenback.”

“When ultimately they were unable to service or reschedule these debts, the peso and the national government collapsed.”

“The first days after allowing the peso to float freely saw a stable value of the peso against the dollar.”

“When she left her last job, she was offered a token 300 pesos severance pay.”

“The government will also forbid new bank loans in pesos, and insist financial institutions lend only in dollars.”

“Dollar bank deposits were converted into pesos at an artificially low exchange rate, and import permits were implemented on all goods.”