Honduras - Foreign Exchange Controls Honduras - Foreign Exchange Controls
Honduras uses a crawling peg exchange rate that allows the Lempira to fluctuate by seven percent against the U.S. dollar in either direction (Resolution No. 284-7/2011). The peg is subject to the further restriction that any daily price be no greater than 100.075 percent of the average for the prior seven daily auctions. This secondary restriction limits devaluation to a maximum of approximately 4.8 percent annually (assuming the maximum devaluation daily). The Central Bank uses an auction system to regulate the allocation of foreign exchange. Commercial banks are required to sell 50 percent of repatriated foreign exchange earnings to the Central Bank each night.