Lebanon finance minister: impossible for exchange rate to return to what it was - LBC


Reuters | Beirut | Updated: 22-01-2020 19:14 IST | Created: 22-01-2020 18:34 IST
Lebanon finance minister: impossible for exchange rate to return to what it was - LBC
Lebanon's new Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni (file photo) Image Credit: Twitter(@GhaziWazni)
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Lebanon's new Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni told local media on Wednesday it would be "impossible" for the Lebanese pound exchange rate to the U.S. dollar "to return to what it was".

He told broadcaster LBC that reining in the parallel market, where the price of dollars has risen beyond the official pegged rate, would be "tied to the government's work."

Wazni added that "stopping the collapse" of Lebanon's economy was feasible and would also require foreign support.

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