The exchange rate of the dollar on the black market was recorded between 12,600 and 12,800 Lebanese pounds for purchase per US dollar, and it is the same as the market closing rate in yesterday’s Thursday evening trading.

Banks set the price of 3,850 pounds a dollar, when withdrawing the dollar for small depositors, while the central bank rate stabilized at 1,507 Lebanese pounds.

Lebanon has experienced many economic crises since 2020, the most recent of which was the outbreak of turmoil in the past weeks due to high prices, poverty and unemployment.

The exchange rate of the dollar in the Central Bank of Lebanon remained at 1507.5 pounds for every one dollar, and it is allocated for basic commodities only.