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Fitzgerald
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Just curious, is the exchange rate killing any of you who earn in Mexican pesos but have some bills to pay in U.S. dollars? It's certainly not making my life any easier. I only have about 200 dollars in U.S. payments each month (Visa, mailbox, storage locker, a few small things), but gee, between the exchange rate and Banorte's high wire transfer fees, it cost me 3,600 pesos this month to take care of that. That's a real bite. The cost of a dollar was the highest I've seen it in my four years in Mexico, 15.65 pesos.
Of course, if I was an American retiree drawing my benefits in dollars (as presumably I will be in a few years), I'd be lovin' it. |
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Phil_K
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| Until recently I was earning USD via Paypal, as is at least one other member of this forum that I know of, so that's a pretty good arrangement, too! |
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MotherF
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| No bills to pay, but its making hard to think about visiting family this summer. |
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BadBeagleBad
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| MotherF wrote: |
| No bills to pay, but its making hard to think about visiting family this summer. |
I earn both pesos and dollars, so it is a mixed bag. It is the highest it has been in who knows how long, though supposedly it is supposed to stabilize soon. But even if you do earn dollars, it all trickles down sooner or later, in higher prices across the board. I have already seen the price of some items in this area that are imported from the US, apples, for example, take a sharp rise. |
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Guy Courchesne
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| I earn both pesos and dollars, so it is a mixed bag. |
Me too...but it is getting expensive to fly internationally now.
I predict a drop back down to 14 or so by early summer when oil prices go back up. Unless the fit hits the shan in the ME sooner than... |
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Jultime
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The Canadian dollar took a hard hit too against the USD. Fortunately I have a USD savings account and USD credit card to use for buying my flight home this summer.
Speaking of flying: I'm debating avoiding the US all together and paying the big bucks to fly Air Canada direct from MEX to Vancouver then on to Calgary. Or take the cheaper Air Canada alternative through Montreal. I have no patience at all anymore for flying through the US. The last time I passed thru US immigration the line was 2 hours long, they looked at me, scanned my passport and I was gone in less than 30 seconds. |
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esl_prof
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| Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 1:19 am Post subject: |
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| Jultime wrote: |
| Speaking of flying: I'm debating avoiding the US all together . . . I have no patience at all anymore for flying through the US. |
Agreed. Unless you plan to actually leave the airport and spend a few days or longer hanging out in the U.S., it's not worth the hassle to have a layover here. Been there. Done that. And would definitely avoid it in the future if at all possible. |
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Prof.Gringo
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| I earn both pesos and dollars, so it is a mixed bag. |
Me too...but it is getting expensive to fly internationally now.
I predict a drop back down to 14 or so by early summer when oil prices go back up. Unless the fit hits the shan in the ME sooner than... |
1.00 USD = 17.3355 MXN
April 1st, 2016. |
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Guy Courchesne
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| Yep, starting to creep back down...had been up at 19 a few weeks ago. |
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Prof.Gringo
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| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
| Yep, starting to creep back down...had been up at 19 a few weeks ago. |
Yeah, but it can't be good for foreigners working in Mexico who are given a salary in Mexican pesos not set in US Dollars, for example, correct?
I understand that maybe goods/services that are 100% Mexican might not "cost" substantially more, but things like imported food-stuffs, international travel (Booking of plane tickets, for example) or anything pegged to the US greenback or Euro would be much more difficult now than just a few years ago. Another problem would be any debt back home which needs to be paid on a regular basis such as student loans for Americans, for example. |
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notamiss
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As Canadians, we have already been used to that even before we got involved with Mexico!
In my childhood (1960–70s), the CAD was often above the USD, and it rose above it again in 2007. Yet now the CAD has sunk almost in tandem with the MXN. And in 2002, it reached an all-time low of .6179. |
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Guy Courchesne
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Nothing new here really...paying off debt back home has never been easy.
The whole world is going through the same thing right now as the dollar shot up against most currencies, including Canada, the UK, etc. Colombia took a particularly hard hit.
If you want to predict where currencies go, watch the price of oil as always, and what the US Federal Reserve says. |
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BadBeagleBad
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 10:29 pm Post subject: Re: Exchange Rate |
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| Fitzgerald wrote: |
Just curious, is the exchange rate killing any of you who earn in Mexican pesos but have some bills to pay in U.S. dollars? It's certainly not making my life any easier. I only have about 200 dollars in U.S. payments each month (Visa, mailbox, storage locker, a few small things), but gee, between the exchange rate and Banorte's high wire transfer fees, it cost me 3,600 pesos this month to take care of that. That's a real bite. The cost of a dollar was the highest I've seen it in my four years in Mexico, 15.65 pesos.
Of course, if I was an American retiree drawing my benefits in dollars (as presumably I will be in a few years), I'd be lovin' it. |
If you are getting them for 15 pesos that is a bargain! Just a few weeks ago it was over 18 pesos to the dollar. Perhaps getting an online job where you are paid in dollars would work. Do you have another way to pay? Do you have a bank debit card here in Mexico perhaps? Lots cheaper than a wire transfer. |
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BadBeagleBad
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| Prof.Gringo wrote: |
| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
| Yep, starting to creep back down...had been up at 19 a few weeks ago. |
Yeah, but it can't be good for foreigners working in Mexico who are given a salary in Mexican pesos not set in US Dollars, for example, correct?
I understand that maybe goods/services that are 100% Mexican might not "cost" substantially more, but things like imported food-stuffs, international travel (Booking of plane tickets, for example) or anything pegged to the US greenback or Euro would be much more difficult now than just a few years ago. Another problem would be any debt back home which needs to be paid on a regular basis such as student loans for Americans, for example. |
There are some Mexican airlines that fly internationally (Volaris and Interjet are the ones I am most familiar with) and their prices in pesos are actually lower than their prices in dollars. Of course, it depends on where you want to go. But having said that, I also don't have plans to visit the US this year. |
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