What Is Dollarization

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Multiple Choice

What is dollarization?

• A) a price reduction strategy where everything within a country is sold at a rounded dollar amount
• B) the complete elimination of U.S. currency from a nation's economy
• C) making the denominations of local currency identical to those in U.S. currency
• D) the process by which a country in whole or in part adopts the U.S. dollar as its official currency
• E) the practice of a country's using the U.S. banking system for its transactions

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