The Central Bank’s International Department director, Frank Fuentes, says that the recent depreciation of the peso to more than RD$43 to US$1 was to be expected. He said that the Central Bank has estimated a rate of RD$45.80 to US$1 that was used for the Central Bank Monetary Program and the National Budget, equivalent to a variation of 6.6%. He said that the depreciation of 0.7% accumulated to January is approximately 11% of what was projected for the entire year. Nevertheless, he said this is below the average rate of depreciation that has occurred over the past five years.
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