75 Gourdes for One US Dollar, When did it Happen?

The Haitian Gourde vs The US Dollar

What did that mean for a Haitian employee getting paid 25,000 gourdes per month?

Divide 25,000 gourdes by 75 and you get $333.33 U.S. per month.

In a country where everything is sold "au taux du jour," (at the daily rate of the U.S. dollar) what is a head of household to do with a 25,000 gourdes salary?

Once upon a time, that same 25,000 salary was worth 5,000 US dollars.

That was in the early 1980's when it was inscribed on the Haitian currency, 5 gourdes for one U.S. Dollar.

That was the time when the Haitian Gourdes was king. Well... Kind of

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