{"id":60743,"date":"2017-10-10T17:02:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T22:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethiopanorama.com\/?p=60743"},"modified":"2017-10-10T17:05:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T22:05:21","slug":"ethiopias-central-bank-devalues-currency-by-15-percent-hikes-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethiopanorama.com\/?p=60743","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia&#8217;s central bank devalues currency by 15 percent, hikes rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\"14\">\n<div data-reactid=\"14\">\n<div class=\"linebreak\">October 10, 2017 \/ 8:46 AM<\/div>\n<div class=\"renderable\" data-key=\"article_list_1iddc8ldlh\" data-template=\"article_list\">\n<div data-reactid=\"1\" data-reactroot=\"\">\n<div class=\"ArticlePage_container_2aGp_\" data-reactid=\"2\">\n<div class=\"Article_container_1ixvf\" data-reactid=\"3\">\n<div data-reactid=\"4\">\n<div id=\"USL8N1ML3W6\" class=\"inner-container\" data-reactid=\"5\" data-scrolltoid=\"USL8N1ML3W6\">\n<div class=\"ArticleHeader_container_2tb_t\" data-reactid=\"6\">\n<div class=\"lower-container\" data-reactid=\"17\">\n<div class=\"TwoColumnLayout_container_385r0 inner TwoColumnLayout_fluid-left_3DYLH\" data-reactid=\"18\">\n<div class=\"TwoColumnLayout_column_1uZPg TwoColumnLayout_left_qEP9d\" data-reactid=\"19\">\n<div class=\"ArticleHeader_content-container_3Ma9y\" data-reactid=\"20\">\n<div class=\"BylineBar_first-container_1wTRC\" data-reactid=\"21\">\n<div class=\"BylineBar_border-wrap_2Jm9i\" data-reactid=\"22\">\n<p class=\"BylineBar_byline_31BCV\" data-reactid=\"23\">Reuters Staff<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"23\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"TwoColumnLayout_container_385r0 Article_content_3kpRX TwoColumnLayout_fluid-left_3DYLH\" data-reactid=\"28\">\n<div class=\"TwoColumnLayout_column_1uZPg TwoColumnLayout_left_qEP9d\" data-reactid=\"29\">\n<div class=\"ArticleBody_container_c040c\" data-reactid=\"30\">\n<div class=\"ArticleBody_body_2ECha\" data-reactid=\"31\">\n<p data-reactid=\"32\">ADDIS ABABA, Oct 10 (Reuters) &#8211; Ethiopia\u2019s central bank has devalued the Ethiopian birr by 15 percent to boost lagging exports, its deputy governor announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"33\">The bank also raised its main interest rate to 7 percent from 5 percent, he said.<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\"34\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Attribution_attribution_o4ojT\" data-reactid=\"35\">\n<p class=\"Attribution_content_27_rw\" data-reactid=\"36\">Reporting by Aaron Maasho; editing by John Stonestreet<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleBody_trustBadgeContainer_1_iEv\" data-reactid=\"37\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; October 10, 2017 \/ 8:46 AM Reuters Staff ADDIS ABABA, Oct 10 (Reuters) &#8211; Ethiopia\u2019s central bank has devalued the Ethiopian birr by 15 percent to boost lagging exports, its deputy governor announced on Tuesday. The bank also raised its main interest rate to 7 percent from 5 percent, he said. 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