The US dollar is at its strongest in four years in Guatemala

The dollar was being traded at Q7.90 per $1 in the interbank market.

Friday, January 9, 2009

The elperiodico.com.gt reports that "according to various bank negotiators, the closing of external lines of credit for local banks, as well as the reactivation of the demand for the currency by companies which have restarted their operations after the holidays and the payment of letters of credit, after the Christmas season, are influencing the increase in the price of the US dollar.

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