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
  • Still, charismatic leaders who have pushed for dollarization have failed to date, suggesting that the patient may not want the money doctor’s medicine.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • 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
  • Still, dollarization would prove an incredibly bold gambit for a nation of Venezuela’s size and importance.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • 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
  • Some of that is unrelated to de-dollarization, such as concerns about fiscal, inflation and geopolitical risks.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Hanke predicts that dollarization will ignite the Venezuelan economy overnight.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • 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
  • Venezuela would be Hanke’s biggest dollarization yet in a nearly 50-year career of engineering the biggest ones on three continents.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • These centered on the technical requirements of implementing currency boards and dollarization regimes.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The low rates brought by dollarization, notes Hanke, would create an extensive credit market from scratch that would drive domestic business investment and fire the housing market.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But in 1995, Menem requested that Hanke draft a dollarization law that never advanced.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • 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

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