Nobody knows this better than my friend Tony Yazbeck, who endured Lebanon’s hyperinflation a few years ago and lost his life savings. (Full disclosure: Tony and I are collaborating to help ...
With this impending reality, the central bank started printing money and paying back the depositors accordingly, which caused the infamous hyperinflation in Lebanon. The Lebanese pound lost around 90% ...
After Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced that Lebanon would default on its Eurobond debt for the first time, the Lebanese currency began to plummet in valuation, leading to hyperinflation.
However, the sheen of Riad Salameh’s legacy began to tarnish as Lebanon plunged into a financial abyss starting in 2019. The country experienced hyperinflation, a collapsing currency ...
Within a short period of time, Lebanon has experienced a fourfold catastrophe: the revolution of October 2019 that came to a standstill, hyperinflation due to the free fall of the Lebanese lira on the ...