cbe

USD
54.4025
55.4906
,
GBP
64.7507
66.0457
,
EUR
58.3684
59.5358
,
CHF
57.1241
58.2666
,
SEK
4.5341
4.6248
,
NOK
4.4889
4.5787
,
DKK
7.0919
7.2337
,
DJF
0.3047
0.3108
,
JPY
0.3522
0.3592
,
CAD
36.8768
37.6143
,
SAR
13.1274
13.3899
,
AED
13.4029
13.671
,
XAF
0.002
0.0122
,
INR
,
KES
,
AUD
32.8737
33.5312
,
SDR
,
ZAR
,
CNY
6.9052
7.0433
,
KWD
168.8466
172.2235

awash

EUR
56.5106
57.6408
,
GBP
64.5257
65.8162
,
JPY
0.4037
0.4118
,
CHF
57.4629
58.6122
,
SAR
14.1527
14.4358

abyssinia

AED
13.4029
13.671
,
CAD
36.8768
37.6143
,
CHF
57.1241
58.2666
,
EUR
58.3684
59.5358
,
GBP
64.7507
66.0457
,
NOK
4.4889
4.5787
,
SAR
13.1274
13.3899
,
SEK
4.5341
4.6248
,
USD
54.4025
55.4906

abay

USD
54.4025
55.4906
,
EUR
58.3684
59.5358
,
GBP
67.8018
69.1578
,
CHF
59.8158
61.0121
,
AUD
36.3245
37.051
,
AED
14.8098
15.106
,
CNY
7.6301
7.7827
,
DKK
7.8363
7.993
,
DJF
0.3047
0.3108
,
INR
0.6587
0.6719
,
JPY
0.3891
0.3969
,
KES
0.3904
0.3982
,
NOK
4.9601
5.0593
,
SAR
14.5054
14.7955
,
ZAR
2.8707
2.9281
,
SEK
5.0101
5.1103
,
SDR
72.3662
73.8135

zemen

CAD
40.7479
41.5629
,
EUR
58.3684
59.5358
,
GBP
67.8018
69.1578
,
SEK
5.0101
5.1103
,
USD
54.4025
55.4906

buna

USD
54.4025
55.4906
,
EUR
58.3684
59.5358
,
GBP
64.7507
66.0457
,
AED
13.4029
13.671
,
SAR
13.1274
13.3899
,
CAD
36.8768
37.6143
,
CNY
6.9052
7.0433
,
USD
7.0919
7.2337
,
EUR
4.5341
4.6248
,
GBP
57.1241
58.2666
,
AED
0.3522
0.3592
,
SAR
4.4889
4.5787
,
CAD
168.8466
172.2235
,
CNY
32.8737
33.5312

nib

GBP
64.7507
66.0457
,
EUR
58.3684
59.5358
,
CHF
57.1241
58.2666
,
USD
54.4025
55.4906
,
CAD
36.8768
37.6143
,
AED
13.4029
13.671
,
SAR
13.1274
13.3899

berhan

USD
54.3861
55.4738
,
EUR
58.2693
59.4347
,
GBP
64.6741
65.9676
,
CAD
36.7611
37.4963
,
AED
13.3989
13.6669
,
YUA
6.9193
7.0577

wegagen

USD
54.2965
55.3824
,
GBP
64.0075
65.2877
,
EURO
58.1841
59.3478
,
CAD
36.1417
36.8645
,
AUD
32.1413
32.7841
,
CHF
56.8974
58.0353
,
SEK
4.6669
4.7602
,
NOK
4.6606
4.7538
,
DKK
7.1482
7.2912
,
DJF
0.3031
0.3092
,
INR
0.6588
0.672
,
KSH
0.4039
0.412
,
JPY
0.3681
0.3755
,
SAR
13.0258
13.2863
,
AED
13.3071
13.5732
,
ZAR
3.1723
3.2357
,
CNY
7.1053
7.2474
,
KWD
168.0519
171.4129

dgb

USD
54.4025
55.4906
,
GBP
67.8018
69.1578
,
EUR
58.3684
59.5358
,
CHF
59.8158
61.0121
,
CAD
40.7479
41.5629
,
AUD
36.3245
37.051
,
SEK
5.0101
5.1103
,
NOK
4.9601
5.0593
,
DKK
7.8363
7.993
,
DJF
0.3047
0.3108
,
INR
0.6587
0.6719
,
KSH
0.3904
0.3982
,
JPY
0.3891
0.3969
,
SAR
14.5054
14.7955
,
AED
14.8098
15.106
,
ZAR
2.8707
2.9281
,
CNY
7.6301
7.7827
,
KWD
176.8027
180.3388

enat

USD
53.1422
54.205
,
GBP
62.1342
63.3769
,
CHF
0
0
,
SEK
0
0
,
NOK
0
0
,
DKK
0
0
,
KES
0
0
,
JPY
0
0
,
DJF
0
0
,
CAD
0
0
,
AUD
0
0
,
SAR
0
0
,
AED
0
0
,
ZAR
0
0
,
CNY
0
0

addis

GBP
61.7297
62.9643
,
USD
53.7176
54.792

nbe

KWD
126.8085
129.34467
,
CNH
5.6258
5.738316
,
ZAR
2.6751
2.728602
,
AED
9.9063
10.104426
,
SDR
57.7908
58.946616
,
EUR
48.4016
49.369632
,
CAD
28.7765
29.35203
,
AUD
28.3265
28.89303
,
JPY
0.3389
0.345678
,
SAR
9.7001
9.894102
,
INR
0.5525
0.56355
,
DJF
0.2234
0.227868
,
KES
0.3664
0.373728
,
DKK
5.8896
6.007392
,
NOK
4.2714
4.356828
,
SEK
4.3114
4.397628
,
CHF
41.5822
42.413844
,
GBP
53.539
54.60978

dashen

USD
54.4025
55.4906
,
GBP
64.7507
66.0457
,
CHF
57.1241
58.2666
,
SEK
4.5341
4.6248
,
NOK
4.4889
4.5787
,
DKK
7.0919
7.2337
,
JPY
0.3522
0.3592
,
CAD
36.8768
37.6143
,
SAR
13.1274
13.3899
,
AED
13.4029
13.671
,
EUR
58.3684
59.5358
,
DJF
,
INR
,
KES
,
AUD
,
ZAR
,
CNY
,
AED

oromia

USD
53.3285
54.3951
,
EUR
56.7522
57.8872
,
GBP
64.2235
65.508
,
SAR
14.185
14.4687
,
CHF
57.398
58.546
,
AED
14.5198
14.8102

lion

USD
54.4025
55.4906
,
GBP
67.8018
69.1578
,
EUR
58.3684
59.5358

coop

USD
54.3747
55.4622
,
GBP
67.4953
68.8452
,
EUR
58.1483
59.3113
,
SAR
14.4991
14.7891
,
AED
14.8027
15.0988

gadaa

hijra

EUR
59.0833
60.265
,
USD
54.2297
55.3143
,
GBP
64.8713
66.1687
,
AED
13.3629
13.6302
,
KWD
168.8489
172.2259
,
SAR
13.3629
13.3481

IMF and World Bank are going to advise against having a bilateral currency for 1 week

IMF and World Bank

 

 

IMF and World Bank announced that they are going to hold a meeting this week to find a solution to stop the bilateral foreign exchange market in Ethiopia.

It has been stated that the meeting will be held side by side with the annual spring meeting of the two institutions, (IMF and World Bank)  which started this week.

 

The Ethiopian delegation, including the governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia, Mamo Mehretu, and the finance minister, Ahmed Shede, is in Washington to attend the summit.

 IMF and World Bank are going to advise against having a bilateral currency market in Ethiopia on the coming week

In the joint discussion held by World Bank President Davey Mallyas and the IMF Director General Christina Georgios, expressed their hope that a solution can be found from the conference, especially how countries like Ethiopia can get out of their complex problems. According to the World Bank president, most of the 120 million people in Ethiopia are suffering due to the bilateral market system. It is been Four years since the president of the World Bank comes to their position and both officials David Mallyas and Christina Georgios visited Ethiopia in 2019.

“The bilateral currency market in Ethiopia has been a major bottleneck. The illegal parallel market is also very expensive and serves only a few. Therefore, the Ethiopian currency market could not be effective. so the main aim of the IMF and World Bank  gathering up is to solve this problem,” said David Malias. The officials pointed out that a concrete decision regarding debt transfer is expected from this meeting. What is more, is that it is expected that lenders will consult with borrowers around the same table for the first time.

The meeting will be held from Monday to Sunday. However, to benefit from the debt transfers of developing countries agreed to by rich countries and other lenders under the guidance of the IMF, Ethiopia has been asked as a condition for currency unification.

To unify the legal currency market and the parallel market, it is mandatory to reduce the purchasing power of silver to at least double its current level (Devaluation) and equalize the black market, sources said.

The reporter’s sources stated that the IMF’s expert team, which visited Addis Ababa in the last two weeks, reinforced this position and explained it to the Ethiopian authorities.

IMF and World Bank do not think that Ethiopia has a shortage of foreign currency. They conclude that the problem is currency management. For this reason, their recommendation is to lower the purchasing power of silver again and make the black market currency equal to its current level.
After that, they think that the black market will not be able to go higher than the current average of around 100.00 Birr or it will take a long time,” says an economic consultant who is close to the issue.

According to a consultant, the national bank where the decision was implemented will soon reduce the purchasing power of silver, which has not been controlled in the past years.

However, although this decision may bring more foreign currency to the National Bank, the side effect is to favor imported products and worsen the inflation in Ethiopia, they say.

In a brief statement released by the IMF expert group, which concluded their week-long stay last Saturday, they stated that they have reached an agreement with the Ethiopian government to support indigenous economic reform number two.