The black market for hard currencies operates outside the rules and regulations set by the authorities. While the official exchange rate for one dollar has been set at 27.5 Ethiopian Br, the black market rate had peaked at a historic rate of 36.6 Br. However, the last two weeks have seen a significant decline of 19.4 pc in the black market rates. Subsequently, a slight increase in remittances and forex supplies has been witnessed in the mainstream financial sector, writes BEHAILU AYELE, FORTUNE STAFF WRITER.
A young man in his early thirty's was waiting in front of a kiosk for customers to exchange their foreign currencies outside the formal channels. His business has been booming for much of this year.
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