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As the Taliban seizes control of Afghanistan, the macroeconomic outlook for the country is rapidly worsening.
On Tuesday, the USD/AFN exchange rate increased rapidly from 80 to 86, after briefly touching 100. However, the outlook for Afghanistan’s Afghani ( AFN ) is much worse than even those numbers show. Frozen Reserves
The Central Bank of Afghanistan (or Da Afghanistan Bank – DAB ) holds about $10.0 billion in international reserves. This includes foreign currency, U.S. treasuries and gold.
These reserves previously helped stabilize the value of a country’s currency, just like gold did in the past.
However, much of these reserves are now inaccessible to the new regime. As Ajmal Ahmady, the acting governor of DAB explains, these reserves are not in Afghanistan.
In fact, most of that money is held in foreign accounts — including $7 billion held with the Federal Reserve. As the Taliban are still designated as a terror organization, it is unlikely it will get that money back.
“I can’t imagine a scenario where Treasury/OFAC would given Taliban access to such funds,” Ahmady stated in a series of tweets after fleeing the country.
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He estimates that the Taliban have access to only about 0.1-0.2% of Afghanistan’s total international reserves.
But that is not all. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently approved a $650 billion allocation in Special Drawing Rights (SDR), the IMF’s reserve currency. That amounted to $340 million. Many questioned whether the IMF would honor the agreement. Soon, the IMF confirmed the speculation and stated that it will not allow the Taliban to access the SDRs. Total Dependence On Foreign Aid This will lead to even more dire consequences for the economy since Afghanistan was heavily dependent on U.S. aid.About 75% of government spending is financed by other governments and international organizations, according to World Bank. This unsustainable model was supported by the U.S. taxpayers with the U.S. “investing” billions in the country.The spending includes a total of $82.9 billion on the Afghanistan Security Forces. These are the same forces collapsed days after U.S. troops started withdrawing.It is unlikely that these grants will continue now that […]
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