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Iran faces banking turmoil after US nuclear “deal” exit
[Ynet] Iran's currency plummets after US pulls out of nuclear deal and prepares to reimpose sanctions on the Islamic Theocratic Republic, further exasperating the country's poor economic standing. Some Iranians had been cashing in their savings even before US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... ’s announcement he would pull out from the international nuclear deal with Iran, straining a banking system weighed down by bad loans and years of isolation. An official with Iran’s biggest state-owned Melli Bank told Rooters savings had declined by an unspecified amount, although he said this was a temporary phenomenon and that they would recover once the uncertainty over Trump’s decision passed. "When there is political uncertainty, its psychological impact on people causes a drop in savings. But it will pass after Trump’s deadline," the official said before the announcement, declining to be named. Trump said on Tuesday he would quit the deal and impose "the highest level of economic sanctions". A senior Iranian central bank official said conditions within the banking system had deteriorated in the past year, and "we have still not passed the danger zone" but added that the central bank had "all the measures ready to prevent any crisis". Officials with other leading lenders, Saman, Pasargad and Middle East Bank declined to comment. The loss of confidence both reflects and contributes to wider problems threatening pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani in Iran’s faction-ridden holy manal establishment: investment has dried up as banks limit lending, growth is slowing and unemployment is at a record high, exposing Rouhani to growing criticism from hardliners. The rial currency lost close to half of its value in the six months to April in anticipation of a tougher US approach, forcing Tehran to ban domestic foreign exchange transactions and limit foreign currency holdings to $12,000. This failed to stop Iranians trying to buy hard currency on Tuesday, promoting a further slide in the rial, according to a foreign exchange website. "Prices are going up almost every hour," said Ali Rasti, 45, owner of a real estate agency in Tehran. "People are worried and prefer to keep their money at home." A separate Iranian banking official also said Iranians had taken out money. "Fearing a war and more sanctions, many Iranians have withdrawn their cash from banks," he said. Mohammad Reza Pourebrahimi, head of parliament’s economic committee, was quoted by the semi official ISNA news agency in March as saying capital outflows had been $30 billion in recent months. The International Monetary Fund said Iran’s reserves were at nearly $112 billion in 2017/18.
Posted by: trailing wife 2018-05-10 |
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