Yemen replaces central bank governor, deputy governor amid currency crisis
Yemen replaces central bank governor, deputy governor amid currency crisis
This comes as Yemen's currency value stands at an all time low of 530 riyals to the dollar.
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Ahmed bin Ahmed Ghaleb Al-Maabqi hasÌýbeen appointed as the new central bank governorÌý[Getty]
President Abd-RabboÌýMansour Hadi replaced the governor and deputy governor on Monday amid an unprecedented collapse in the .
The Yemeni state news agency SABA, quoting a presidential decree, said Ahmed bin Ahmed Ghaleb Al-Maabqi had been appointed central bank governor, and Muhammad Omar Banaja his deputy.
War-torn Yemen is witnessing a sharp deterioration in the value of its riyal currency, recording 1,700 to the dollar, an all time low, on the black market on Monday, according to traders and exchange offices. The central bank maintains an official rate of 530 riyal to the dollar.
Yemen is split between an internationally recognised government in the south, backed by a , and the Iran-aligned Houthi movement that controls most of the north. Each side has a central bank with opposing policies.
The Aden central bank in the south, which has access to international financial markets, has increasingly turned to printing new currency notes to cover the government's deficit and pay public sector wages, especially those of security and military forces.
This has stoked inflation and drawn criticism in the Houthi-controlled north, where only increasingly tattered old riyal notes are accepted.
(Reuters)
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