![]() The Sterling has also weakened against the dollar to trade at $1,185 and lowest exchange rate in two years. With emerging markets taking a direct hit with a strong US dollar, the Euro – hardly an emerging currency – has nearly touched parity with the dollar, pushed lower by fears of an energy crisis with the planned shutdown of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline that supplies most of the natural gas to Europe from Russia. “Now, two decades later, we are seeing the reverse side of the equation: declining confidence in a new government that could shift from moderate left to hard left within a year.” “The election of Álvaro Uribe turned the tide on decades of negativity,” he said. The security situation with mass kidnappings by FARC resulted in a flight of capital from Colombia,” states Billings. “We witnessed a similar situation in the recession of the late 1990s, and downturn in confidence in the country. “After Petro was announced as the winner we immediately started getting calls,” said Daiana Quiceno, vice-president of sales at PMG Residential in Miami, to the Financial Times. “It always begins with the money, before people begin thinking of migrating overseas,” believes financial consultant Peter Billings.Īn article published by Gideon Long in the Financial Times (July 9) and titled “Colombians look to Miami as Gustavo Petro’s election sparks capital flight fears,” highlights that realtors are seeing an uptick in business from countries across South America – including Colombia – that have elected left-wing governments over the last year. Having already lost more than 10% of its value this year, and almost 20% since the first post-election trading day, President-elect Gustavo Petro – currently vacationing in Florence, Italy – issued a brief statement on Twitter urging Colombians not to buy dollars as they will be “worth less later.” This ambiguous social media comment will hardly stymie the slide of the peso against the greenback, and despite having appointed economist José Antonio Ocampo as his Minister of Finance more than two weeks ago, investors are worried that Colombians have started “cashing out.”Īs US financial safe havens attract the peso, Colombians are also rushing to renew passports and travel visas issued by foreign governments. The steady devaluation of the peso since the election victory of leftist Gustavo Petro on June 19, has been compounded by fears of an impending US recession, rising inflation, energy and food disruptions caused by the Russia-Ukraine war, and host of other domestic and global economic woes. The Colombian peso was hammered during the early hours of trading on Monday, breaking a new record to one U.S dollar of COP$4,500 pesos. ![]() dollar became an important international reserve currency after the First World War, and displaced the pound sterling as the world's primary reserve currency by the Bretton Woods Agreement towards the end of the Second World War.File photo for devaluation. Since 1971, all links to gold have been repealed. From 1934, its equivalence to gold was revised to $35 per troy ounce. The Gold Standard Act of 1900 linked the dollar solely to gold. dollar was originally defined under a bimetallic standard of 371.25 grains fine silver or, from 1837, 23.22 grains fine gold, or $20.67 per troy ounce. The monetary policy of the United States is conducted by the Federal Reserve System, which acts as the nation's central bank. banknotes are issued in the form of Federal Reserve Notes, popularly called greenbacks due to their predominantly green color. dollar at par with the Spanish silver dollar, divided it into 100 cents, and authorized the minting of coins denominated in dollars and cents. The Coinage Act of 1792 introduced the U.S. ![]() ![]() The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States and several other countries. ![]()
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