De facto currency April 2009. Both South African rand and Botswana pula circulate in Zimbabwe. The small French island of St. Pierre and Miquelon has the Canadian dollar as its de facto currency. Hong Kong Dollar is widely accepted in Macau, even though it hasn't gained any official recognition from Autoridade Monetária de Macau (AMCM) as legal tender in Macau. Currently, Macauese Pacata is pegged to Hong Kong Dollar at 1.029(buy)/1.032(sell). However, many merchants who accept Hong Kong Dollars may now offer to pay the difference between 2 currencies, such practice is often called '不补水' in Chinese. If merchandise priced in Patacas is
Currency manipulator 2% of GDP spent buying foreign assets to depress the value of its currency.” This shows that from an international perspective (instead of a U.S. perspective), China has not been the major currency manipulator since 2009. Currency manipulator Currency manipulator is a popular term used to indicate countries that manipulate the rate of exchange for purposes of preventing effective balance of payments adjustment or gaining unfair competitive advantage in international trade or simply a country that intervenes in its foreign exchange market. Currency manipulation or currency intervention is a monetary policy operation which occurs when a government or central bank