Tillerson’s Dismissal Weaken the Dollar  this Week

Lebanese Forex Market

The Lebanese Pound traded within the range of $/LP 1,513.75 -1,514.25 against the dollar with a mid-price of $/LP 1,514, as it did last week.

The peg continues to be supported by the Central Bank’s solid foreign assets, which reached $43.4 billion in February 2018.

The dollarization ratio of private sector deposits grew from 65.84% in December 2017 to 68.44% in January 2018.

Over the past week, the Euro appreciated against the dollar-pegged LP going from €/LBP 1,857.45 last week to €/LBP 1,860.45 this week.

As for the Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (NEER) of the LBP, it rose from 109.04 points last week to 109.14 points this week.

International Forex Market

The euro slightly appreciated over the US dollar this week, with the Euro-dollar exchange rate recording a 0.16% rise, to end the week at €/$ 1.2341. In fact, the dollar weakened following U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s sudden dismissal by President Trump and after consumer price data pointed towards a path of gradual hikes in U.S. interest rates.

Commodities

As for the prices for gold, they marginally rose from last week’s $1,320.17/ounce to $1,320.65/ounce this week. s

 

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