The Monetary Junta "temporarily" increased the exchange rate commission applied to the purchase of foreign exchange in the local system by almost 300%. The increase brings the exchange rate commission from 1.75% to 5%. This will make imports cost more. Hoy newspaper says this will also represent a windfall of resources for the government. In the first semester of the year the 1.75% exchange commission reaped RD$722.5 million for the treasury.
