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dollar area

American  

noun

  1. those countries among which trade is conducted in U.S. dollars or in freely convertible currencies.


Etymology

Origin of dollar area

First recorded in 1945–50


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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

Nordea's 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

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

Earlier in the week, Cripps had told the House of Commons that Britain would cut her imports from the dollar area by 25% to help stop the drain on her dollar supply.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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