Economy #96 · Listening

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Question 1 of 5What is the report mainly about?

Question 2 of 5What happened to the Lebanese pound?

Question 3 of 5What was the IMF agreement conditional on?

Question 4 of 5Why did the reforms stall?

Question 5 of 5What is a side effect of the lack of a solution, according to economists?

Vocabulary

الْمُودِعُونdepositors

سَحْبwithdrawing

سِعْرُ الصَّرْفِexchange rate

تَبَخَّرَتْevaporated

مُدَّخَرَاتsavings

اتِّفَاقٌ مَبْدَئِيٌّpreliminary agreement

إِعَادَةُ هَيْكَلَةٍrestructuring

تَعَثَّرَتْstalled

الرَّقَابَةoversight

الِاقْتِصَادُ غَيْرُ الرَّسْمِيِّthe informal economy