{"id":257389,"date":"2022-09-05T17:46:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T21:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=257389"},"modified":"2022-09-05T17:46:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T21:46:42","slug":"cuba-the-dollar-reaches-150-pesos-in-the-informal-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/economy\/cuban-economy\/cuba-the-dollar-reaches-150-pesos-in-the-informal-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba: the dollar reaches 150 pesos in the informal market"},"content":{"rendered":"

The <\/span>U.S. dollar<\/b><\/a> reached 150 Cuban pesos (CUP) this Saturday in the informal market for the first time since the 1990s, when the country experienced the crisis of the so-called \u201cSpecial Period.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor the first time, since the 1990s, the dollar reaches the value of 150 Cuban pesos, according to the reference values \u200b\u200bof our Representative Rate of the Informal Market,\u201d assured the independent media outlet <\/span>El Toque<\/span><\/i>, which publishes daily a rate of unofficial change, quoted by EFE news agency.<\/span><\/p>\n

This rate, <\/span>according to the publication itself<\/b><\/a>, is calculated \u201cfrom the median of the numbers written in advertisements for buying and selling currencies in social network groups and classified sites.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This Sunday, the U.S. currency maintained the same value, which equalized it with the euro, while the virtual currency called MLC, backed by foreign currencies and used to buy at authorized times through magnetic cards, was It was trading at 149.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Table: El Toque.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In turn, the state Exchange Houses (known as Cadeca) yesterday sold the green ticket at 123.60 CUP and bought it at 110 CUP. This Sunday, those operations would be carried out at 124.80 and 109.20 CUP.<\/span><\/p>\n