Lebanon central bank to use forex rate of 15,000 pounds per dollar as of Feb 1

Published on: Monday 21 November 2022

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's central bank will adopt an exchange rate of 15,000 Lebanese pounds per U.S. dollar as of Feb. 1 as part of a process to unify the country's multiple exchange-rate system, Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh said on Monday. The central bank's official rate has been set at 1,507 pounds per U.S. dollar for 25 years but that valuation has become all but defunct

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Lebanon central bank to use forex rate of 15,000 pounds per dollar as of Feb 1