Macroperu Bielorusia: 20% devaluación

Para obtener un crédito del FMI, Bielorusia ha devaluado 20% luego
que perdió un cuarto de sus reservas en seis meses. Aquí (por el
momento) sólo hemos perdido un octavo entre Mayo y Noviembre de 2008.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090102/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_belarus_economy

MINSK, Belarus – Belarus' central bank sharply devalued the
Belarusian ruble Friday, allowing the currency to plunge 20 percent
in a move that will stop the hemorrhaging of its reserves.

The National Bank said the devaluation was aimed at raising the
competitiveness of the Belarusian economy, which has been battered by
the global financial crisis. It also was a condition of a $2.5
billion loan from the IMF announced Wednesday.

In the past six months the National Bank has spent about a quarter of
its gold and hard-currency reserves keeping the Belarusian ruble
stable against the dollar, euro and Russian ruble. The bank has
refused to release the amount of its reserves.

The Belarusian ruble is now trading at 2,650 to the dollar, 3,703 to
the euro and 90.6 to the Russian ruble.

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