The Central Bank of Yemen in Aden announced today, Tuesday, the results of the new auction, from the sale of foreign currencies estimated at about 30 million US dollars, offered at an auction that is the second during the current year.
The Central Bank confirmed in a statement published on its official website, “Selling 14.7 million dollars, out of a total of 30 million, was on the auction, and at a exchange rate of 2151 riyals per US dollar, while the dollar’s exchange in Tuesday’s trading was 2195 for sale, 2185 riyals for purchase ”
This comes, amid the continued collapse of the Yemeni riyal to unprecedented levels, as the price of the dollar reached about 2200 riyals.
The continued collapse of the riyal has led to the exit of citizens during the past days in demonstrations in the internationally recognized government -recognized areas, denouncing the deterioration of the living situation and high prices