As of Wednesday, black market merchants in Lebanon are promoting the US Greenback for 41,600 LBP and shopping for it for 41,700 LBP.
The present official fee nonetheless stands at $1 = 1,500 L.L. and the financial institution fee at $1 = 8,000 L.L.
Lebanon is at present experiencing hyperinflation on account of an ongoing financial disaster because the finish of 2019. The Lebanese lira has been drastically falling towards the beforehand fastened US greenback fee of $1 = 1,500 L.L.
This has prompted banks to create an unofficial capital management – mainly freezing accounts and solely releasing a restricted quantity of {dollars} utilizing the $1 = 8,000 L.L. That is known as the “financial institution fee.”
The Lebanese lira has misplaced greater than 90 p.c of its worth.
Judicial entities have banned websites reporting the black market and parallel fee believing they had been liable for the inflation. There was no change within the change fee following the ban. The961 was blocked for 9 hours following the execution of this ban for our protection – regardless of there being no particular order to ban us.
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