[Addis Standard] Ethiopia’s Economic Gamble: Birr battles inflation, instability, and austerity
Headquarters of the National Bank of Ethiopia (Photo: Addis Fortune) By Beneal Walker Addis Abeba – Historically, Ethiopia’s birr (ETB) has been relatively robust and stable when compared with other local African currencies. No longer the case, Ethiopia faces a preventable cost of living crisis manufactured by conflict, political austerity, and incompetency at the helm. In late …