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The Philippine peso, also referred to by its Filipino name piso ( Philippine English: / ˈpɛsɔː / PEH-saw, / ˈpiː -/ PEE-, plural pesos; Filipino: piso [ˈpiso, pɪˈso]; sign: ₱; code: PHP), is the official currency of the Philippines. It is subdivided into 100 sentimo, also called centavos .
The Philippine fifty-peso note ( Filipino: Limampung piso (formal), singkuwenta pesos ( Vernacular )) (₱50) is a denomination of Philippine currency. Philippine president and former House Speaker Sergio Osmeña is currently featured on the front side of the bill, while the Taal Lake and the giant trevally (known locally as maliputo) are featured on the reverse side.
The series included pesos of six denominations, including $1, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 bills. The designs of all banknotes feature Pedro Albizu Campos in the front side while the reverses are adorned with the flags of Puerto Rico, Jayuya and the Nationalist Party.
The Convertibility plan was a plan by the Argentine Currency Board that pegged the Argentine peso to the U.S. dollar between 1991 and 2002 in an attempt to eliminate hyperinflation and stimulate economic growth. [1] While it initially met with considerable success, the board's actions ultimately failed. The peso was only pegged to the dollar until 2002.
The Mexican peso, the US dollar, and the Canadian dollarall trace their origins back to the Spanish dollar. The trace also included the use of the caduceus sign($), also known as the dollar sign. [4] Sterling[edit] Before 1944, the world reference currency was the United Kingdom's sterling.
The Colombian peso ( sign: $; code: COP) is the currency of Colombia. Its ISO 4217 code is COP. The official peso symbol is $, with Col$. [1] also being used to distinguish it from other peso - and dollar -denominated currencies.
The U.S. Dollar Index ( USDX, DXY, DX, or, informally, the "Dixie") is an index (or measure) of the value of the United States dollar relative to a basket of foreign currencies, [1] often referred to as a basket of U.S. trade partners' currencies. [2] The Index goes up when the U.S. dollar gains "strength" (value) when compared to other currencies. [3]
Devaluation. In macroeconomics and modern monetary policy, a devaluation is an official lowering of the value of a country's currency within a fixed exchange-rate system, in which a monetary authority formally sets a lower exchange rate of the national currency in relation to a foreign reference currency or currency basket.