Yemen’s President Hadi has shuffled up the leadership of his central bank on Monday, sacking the central bank governor and deputy in favor of new appointees.
This move was precipitated by the collapse of the Yemeni Riyal, which hit an all-time low earlier in the day. The central bank meant for a 530:1 ratio with the US dollar, but in practice it trades as low as 1,700:1.
Hadi’s bank has been criticized for its policies of printing currency to run the government off of, with some saying the collapse was inevitable. At the same time, the government itself has been deficit-spending through years of war, and that plainly isn’t sustainable.
The poorest nation in the region, Yemen’s currency was never exactly prized to begin with. Now, the nation has two central banks trying to manage a drawn out war. The Houthis’ bank is not printing new bills, but is insisting they will only accept pre-war notes, which is likely sustaining the value of the ones not recently printed at least a little.
“Yemen’s President Hadi”… Good to see you getting the fantasy & fiction out of the way at the start so you can focus on the real & serious issues in the rest of the article.
It’s kind of silly to pretend that Hadi, who was overthrown years ago, is “president” of a “government” rather than just the toady of a Saudi invasion/occupation force.