The Syrian Pound’s Black Market Moves are a Futures Contract on Bashar Al Assad - MoneyBeat - WSJ
▻http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2016/04/01/the-syrian-pounds-black-market-moves-are-a-futures-contract-on-bashar-al-
Sur la chute récente de la livre syrienne.
Most of the drop came in one steep leg from March 15 to March 27, following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s surprise announcement that Russia was to begin withdrawing its military presence from the country.
An earlier dip seemed to follow reports that Saudi Arabia would consider deploying troops inside the country. Both circumstances were perceived as bad news for Mr. Assad.
It’s not the first time that black-market currencies have shadowed military and political developments.
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