How to Use dollarization in a Sentence

dollarization

noun
  • Why did El Salvador go through the process of dollarization then?
    Roger Huang, Forbes, 27 June 2021
  • Signs point to China being the big winner of a de-dollarization push.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The reality is that seigniorage was lost long ago as a result of spontaneous dollarization.
    Emilio Ocampo, National Review, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Falcon’s dollarization plan has appeared to hit a nerve with the country’s impoverished people.
    Rachelle Krygier, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2018
  • But full and formal dollarization would push the economy into whole new territory.
    Anna Cooban, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Deutsche and Franklin's positions represent two ends of the spectrum in the de-dollarization discourse.
    Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
  • But polls show that fewer than half of Argentines think dollarization is feasible or even desirable.
    Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Thanks to dollarization and low inflation, 25-year variable mortgages are available at 7%.
    Steve H. Hanke and Manuel Hinds, WSJ, 22 June 2021
  • Contrary to critics, Hanke has run the numbers and finds that dollarization is totally feasible, right now.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Many people felt that dollarization, much like Bitcoin today, was also a process that was without consultation.
    Daniel Alvarenga, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Under his dollarization plan, Argentineans would eventually have to swap all of their pesos for dollars.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
  • As was the case in Montenegro and Ecuador, dollarization in Argentina is feasible and wise.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • To ensure success, the peso-dollar exchange rate employed in the dollarization process should be set at a level that undervalues the defunct peso.
    Steve H. Hanke and John Greenwood, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2018
  • Since 2009 Zimbabwe has tried five other local units of exchange and failed to end dollarization of the economy.
    Tawanda Karombo, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
  • His proposals for dollarization have sent Argentines rushing to shed their pesos, causing the currency’s value to plunge.
    David Feliba, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
  • In running for president, Milei made dollarization the centerpiece of his economic blueprint.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Key use cases for stablecoins include trading, settlement, dollarization, and cross-border payments.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2025
  • However, said the de-dollarization agenda was a separate policy reform effort.
    Tawanda Karombo, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Another key implication lies in the de-dollarization trend driven by Russian alignment with China.
    Earl Carr, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Venezuela’s dollarization presents a historic opportunity for the United States.
    Jon Hartley, National Review, 27 Oct. 2021
  • These centered on the technical requirements of implementing currency boards and dollarization regimes.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Detractors say dollarization prevents governments from devaluing or taking other measures during tough times.
    John Otis and, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The public sector is starved for dollars because of mismanagement, but the private sector has an ample supply that would be more readily forthcoming under dollarization.
    Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 15 Nov. 2023
  • On Monday, Bloomberg broke the news that Venezuela’s president Maduro is inching toward official dollarization.
    Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 21 Nov. 2020
  • Spiraling inflation and heavy dollarization in the banking system leave this major emerging market vulnerable.
    Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Quito investment banker Ramiro Crespo recommends dollarization for Venezuela, comparing it to gun control.
    John Otis and, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The collapse of local currencies under dollarization could further destabilize fragile governments in volatile regions.
    Justin Doom, Fortune Crypto, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The government has been trying to curb re-dollarization of the economy and apparently to tame growing pressure from workers’ unions demanding salary payments in foreign currency.
    Tawanda Karombo, Quartz Africa, 10 July 2019
  • The second meeting focused on the technical details on implementing dollarization and the establishment of currency boards.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The silver lining of this crisis is that hyperinflation and the cash shortage precipitated a spontaneous dollarization of the economy.
    Jon Hartley, National Review, 27 Oct. 2021

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