Posted By
Najib
Apr 04, 2020 06:01
Leave it to the BDL geniuses to figure out new ways to screw us over while pretending to "facilitate" cash withdrawals for people. It took me a couple of hours today to understand the latest circular they issued, and it translates to the following: - The memo concerns approximately 1.6 million account holders in Lebanon having less than LL5,000,000 Or $3,000 in their accounts. - Those who have more than $3,000 will still be forced…
Posted By
Najib
Feb 24, 2020 01:41
Moody's downgraded in the last few days Lebanon's government issuer ratings from Caa2 to Ca, which translates to "Judged to be highly speculative and with likelihood of being near or in default, but some possibility of recovering principal and interest", and is the second lowest rating for a country. In other terms, Lebanon's debt default is no longer a matter of if but when, and it might happen on March 9 when the $1.2 billion…
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