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From 1956 until 1973, the baht was pegged to the US dollar at an exchange rate of 20.8 baht = one dollar and at 20 baht = 1 dollar until 1978. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] A strengthening US economy caused Thailand to re-peg its currency at 25 to the dollar from 1984 until 2 July 1997, when the country was affected by the 1997 Asian financial crisis .
Thailand triggered the crisis on 2 July and on 3 July, the Bangko Sentral intervened to defend the peso, raising the overnight rate from 15% to 32% at the onset of the Asian crisis in mid-July 1997. The peso dropped from 26 pesos per dollar at the start of the crisis to 46.50 pesos in early 1998 to 53 pesos as in July 2001.
Its economy grew at 6.2 percent per annum during the 1990s. In 1995, 28 percent of the population was classed as below the poverty line, compared to just 7 percent in central Thailand. In 2000, per capita income was 26,317 baht, compared to 208,434 in Bangkok. Even within Isan, there is a rural / urban divide.
The black market exchange rates (USD to MMK) decrease during the peak of the tourist season in Burma (December to January). During the 2003 Myanmar banking crisis, the kyat's black market rate appreciated when distrust in kyat-deposited banks increased demand for kyat banknotes. [4] At its peak, the kyat traded for as high as Ks. 850/- per USD. [5]
A list of exchange rates for various base currencies given by a money changer in Thailand, with the Thailand Baht as the counter (or quote) currency. Note the Korean currency code should be KRW. Note the Korean currency code should be KRW.
Much of this medium-term variation in the exchange rate has been attributed to differences in interest rates. [citation needed] The New Zealand dollar is among the 10 most-traded currencies. [4] On 11 June 2007 the Reserve Bank sold an unknown worth of New Zealand dollars for nine billion USD in an attempt to drive down its value. This is the ...
U.S. dollar (USD) $1 USD = 0.376 BD. The dinar ( Arabic: دينار بحريني Dīnār Baḥrēnī) ( sign: .د.ب or BD; code: BHD) is the currency of Bahrain. It is divided into 1000 fils ( فلس ). The Bahraini dinar is abbreviated د.ب (Arabic) or BD (Latin). It is usually represented with three decimal places denoting the ...
Around 21 March 2007, the revalued Zimbabwean dollar regained least valued currency status (in terms of black market exchange rate), and on 7 September 2007 in terms of official exchange rate. After the use of the Zimbabwean dollar ceased on 12 April 2009, [ 45 ] the dong was the second least valued currency unit after the Iranian rial as of 28 ...