Sudan floats the pound to stabilise exchange rate

Sudanese

Sudanese buy bread in Khartoum. The country is suffering from shortages of wheat and other essential commodities. PHOTO |  AFP

Sudan is attempting to control the exchange rates to tame rising fuel and commodity prices, by floating the Sudanese pound through harmonising rates for banks and forex bureaus, allowing them to set prices and buy and sell currencies without the intervention of the central bank.

The price of the dollar has risen highest this year and this week saw the pound hit 600 to the dollar, just two days after liberalisation of the exchange rate in commercial banks.