dollar area
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dollar area
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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Cekov said the yen likely needs to be around the 155 per dollar area for Japanese authorities to consider intervention or to talk the currency up.
From Reuters • Nov. 6, 2023
Japanese authorities seem less willing to intervene to support than they were last year when the yen was at these levels, but a further decline toward the 150 per dollar area could change their thinking.
From Reuters • Aug. 28, 2023
Those restructured bonds have been trading in the low 30-cents on the dollar area for most of last year.
From Reuters • Mar. 25, 2022
It freed the economy from a tangle of regulations, lowered income and corporate taxes, made sterling convertible, and announced the end of import restrictions against most goods coming from the dollar area.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hard hit by the rising prices of raw materials and production costs, Japan is fighting a losing battle to close its chronic $42 million monthly gap in trade with the dollar area.
From Time Magazine Archive
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