Recent Examples on the WebBy contrast, Argentinian wage rises have been on an upward trend since the peso was unpegged from the dollar in 2002 and went into steep decline. Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2018 Mr Lourenço has unpegged Angola’s currency, the kwanza, from the dollar, prompting it to fall by 27% since January.The Economist, 3 May 2018 His first big move as central banker, back in 2005, was to unpeg the yuan from the dollar.The Economist, 1 Feb. 2018