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Oct 12 , 2025

Birr Drift Exposes Cracks in Managed Market

The Brewed Buck slipped again last week, exposing the quiet tension between official oversight and the underlying market forces that have shaped the foreign exchange scene for months. Between Octob...

Oct 5 , 2025

Guided Descent of the Brewed Buck Signals a Managed Drift, Not a Market Slide

The Brewed Buck has been guided rather than left to wander, yet last week offered a textbook study in how quietly an exchange rate can slip when policymakers keep a firm hand on the wheel. In that...

Sep 27 , 2025

Birr Inches Forward on Forex Market as Policy Pulls Back

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) entered the foreign exchange market last week with a calibrated display of resolve. On Monday, September 22, 2025, it posted a buying rate of 145.89 Br to a dollar...

Sep 21 , 2025

CBE Holds the Line, Private Lenders Push the Edges

The Birr (Brewed Buck) spent the past week threading its way through a narrow but choppy stretch of the foreign-exchange market, giving banks a clear view of the pressures bubbling beneath the currenc...

Sep 14 , 2025

Amhara Bank Breaks Ranks as Forex Trend Unravels

The foreign-exchange market has rarely seen a week like the one that unfolded last week. A market usually defined by small and synchronised moves fractured when Amhara Bank blasted past convention, po...

Sep 7 , 2025

Birr Trades Quietly Through the Interlude

Forex trading opened without fuss on September 1, 2025, but signals from the top of the monetary system kept the banking industry alert. Beneath the surface of a calm foreign exchange market, treasury...

Aug 30 , 2025

Forex Market Holds the Line While Central Bank Redraws It

The foreign-exchange market spent last week's trading days walking a tightrope between the Central Bank's policy drives and commercial imperatives. For most private banks, including Awash, Dashen, Nib...

Aug 23 , 2025

Brewed Buck Drips Below Surface While Gaps Emerge Behind FX Facade

The foreign-exchange board inside commercial banks told two stories last week. On the surface, the Brewed Buck slipped gently against the Green Buck, obeying the two percent corridor the Central Bank...

Aug 17 , 2025

Policy Signals, Not Competition, Steer Forex Price Discovery

The Birr's (Brewed Buck) market against the Dollar (Green Buck) advanced in neat formation over six trading sessions last week. Private lenders marched almost shoulder to shoulder, policymakers fixed...

Aug 10 , 2025

Brewed Buck Glides Lower in Stage-Managed Move as Dollar Stays Unruffled

The Birr (Brewed Buck) spent last week edging lower against the Dollar (Green Buck) in a controlled and policy-led fashion, and one moment set the tone. The National Bank of Ethiopia's (NBE) foreign-e...

Aug 3 , 2025

A Year of Conditional Gains for Monetary Policy Reforms. But Endurance Remains the Test

The experiment with a freely traded Birr, or one managed in a floating manner in practice, was a year old last week, and the numbers tell a story of both promise and fragility. On July 29, 2024, Ce...

Jul 27 , 2025

A Year After Currency Float, the Central Bank Takes the Helm

This week marks the first anniversary of a daring departure from nearly five decades of tightly managed monetary policy. Since the administration of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) opted to liberalise...

Jul 20 , 2025

Upstart Banks Pay Up for Dollars as Veterans Watch, CBE Sits Tight

It is unusual to see the BrewedBuck gain even a fraction of ground against the GreenBuck. Yet, last week, the Birr's steady slide briefly paused. On Saturday, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) poste...

Jul 13 , 2025

The Brewed Buck on the Boil as Banks Push Dollar Higher, Central Bank Holds Back

The Birr (the Brewed Buck) continued its slow retreat in the retail forex market last week, losing ground in quiet increments as commercial banks edged their dollar quotations higher. The panel averag...

Jul 6 , 2025

Behind Gentle Slide, the Brewed Buck Faces Mounting Strain in a Restrained Market

The Birr (Brewed Buck) edged lower against the Dollar (teh Green Buck) last week, a gentle slide that belies a deeper tightening of liquidity. Last week, the average buying rate posted by commercial b...

Jun 29 , 2025

Banks Stand Still While Currency Pressures Do the Running

The foreign exchange market moved little in the six trading days last week, but the calm surface concealed a handful of ripples. Across the banking industry, the average buying rate for the Dollar set...

Columns

Commentaries | May 30,2026

Mistaking Development Theatre for Public Trust Has a Cost

Tomorrow, millions of Ethiopians are expected to vote in the seventh national elections. A...

Editorial | May 30 , 2026

Addis Abeba Pours a New Story in Every Cup, Where Tradition Meets Global Influence

Customers settle into a carefully curated space of dark wood, black accents, muted green f...

Featured | May 31 , 2026 . By HELINA HADGU

Ethiopians to Vote Under the Shadow of a Foregone Outcome

Kassahun Follo's plan to keep an eye on the national polls set for Monday, June 1, 2026, e...

Agenda | May 31 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE and YEABSIRA TAYE

Electoral Board Rushes to Defend Vote Count Amid Delays, Disputed Videos

The national electoral board has dismissed two employees for procedural violations while c...

Fortune News | Jun 2 , 2026