Example sentences for: peso

How can you use “peso” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A peso is worth a U.S. dollar, and that promise is made credible by the legal requirement that every peso in circulation be backed by a dollar's worth of foreign exchange reserves.

  • Despite creating a pocket of wealth for the region, Mexico itself suffered a number of crises in the 1980s and 1990s, including a drastic devaluation of the peso in 1995 following months of economic chaos.

  • Cuban cities are now an uneasy mix of sad peso stores and bright dollar shops, with an influx of goods most Cubans can only dream about (indeed, you’ll see large crowds of people peering dreamily into shop windows).

  • 12 Robert Rubin and the International Monetary Fund: Blame goes to Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and the IMF for not helping the East Asian nations stabilize their currency the way the United States and the IMF came to Mexico's aid during the 1994 peso crisis.

  • Inflation has been eliminated, with the peso securely pegged to the dollar.


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