When I got to Brazil a little over a year ago the exchange rate was about 5 to 1

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Dec 3, 2024
12:31:16pm

deja-blu All-American

When I got to Brazil a little over a year ago the exchange rate was about 5 to 1

Today it is over 6 Real to 1 Dollar. Thing is local inflation hasn’t been that bad.

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deja-blu

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When I got to Brazil a little over a year ago the exchange rate was about 5 to 1

deja-blu

Dec 3, 12:31pm

Colombian peso was about 2000:1 20 years ago. Now it's 4000:1

Cougarclaw

Dec 3, 12:35pm

I read that as "When I got a Brazil a little over a year ago..."

LosAlcoug

Dec 3, 12:35pm

It’s called a manzilian and it’s real thing.

preneur

Dec 3, 1:01pm

Yeah, those are cheaper here as well. 😜

deja-blu

Dec 3, 1:01pm

3/1 in 2017. Woof.

vagabonder

Dec 3, 12:39pm

1998 $1 was about 400 chilean pesos. It's near 1000 pesos today

reagan21

Dec 3, 12:48pm

When I was in Chile 78-80 the US $ would go up on a scale every month. It was

EM_Puma

Dec 3, 12:58pm

All these exchange rates quoted are probably different on the streets too. You can get 50% over official rates

mokelembembe

Dec 3, 12:59pm

Argentina is turning it around. There was going to be inflation with the

reagan21

Dec 3, 1:11pm

When I was in Brazil in 1987, inflation doubled prices in one month. We tried

O Gaucho

Dec 3, 2:25pm

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