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The iconic symbol of the blue Euro with yellow stars in front of the skyscrapers of the financial district
European Union
Economy
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European Central Bank warns of hit from US-Israel war on Iran

The eurozone's interest-rate setters joined other major central banks around the world in holding borrowing costs steady

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 March, 2026
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Crypto Currency
MENA
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Iran central bank used stablecoin backed by Farage, report says

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 January, 2026
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during a press conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on 1 May 2024 in Washington, DC. [Getty]
US affairs
World
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Why is Donald Trump attacking US Fed chairman Jerome Powell?

Brooke Anderson
16 January, 2026
LEBANON-ECONOMY-POLITICS
Riad Salameh
MENA
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Lebanon charges ex-central bank chief Salameh over embezzlement

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 January, 2026
General view of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
Turkish economy
Economy
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Turkey trims key interest rate to 38 percent

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 December, 2025
Dr. Abdel Kader Husrieh, Governor, Central Bank of Syria, speaks onstage during the Semafor World Economy Summit Fall Edition at Gallup HQ
Syria
MENA
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Syria's growth accelerates as sanctions ease, refugees return

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 December, 2025
The exterior view of the Libyan government headquarters in Sirte.
Libya
Economy
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Libya’s cash crisis: Not yet a bank run but no solutions soon

The New Arab
26 November, 2025
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Turkey
MENA
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Turkish former cenbank deputy governor arrested in probe

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 October, 2025
Turkey. Istanbul. Grand Bazaar
Turkey
Economy
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Turkey inflation ticks up for first time in over a year

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 October, 2025
Lebanon Central Bank -- Getty
Lebanon
Economy
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Lebanon central bank: Global interest rates complicate debt plan

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 September, 2025
Libya refugees
Libya
Perspectives

Libya’s moment: From division to a “new Carthage”

Lord Alton

Lord Alton

08 September, 2025
entrance of the Central Bank of Iraq in the capital Baghdad
Iraq
MENA
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Iraq frees engineers after four years, but keeps travel ban

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 June, 2025
Lebanon parliament postpones session on electing new president
Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanon amends banking secrecy law in key reform

The New Arab Staff
24 April, 2025
Abdul Qadir Al Hasriya
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Who is Abdul Qadir al-Hasriya, Syria's new bank governor?

The New Arab Staff
08 April, 2025
The Central Bank of Syria took the measures to eliminate the black market in currency
Post-Assad Syria
Economy
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Syria's Central Bank targets black market with dollar rise

The New Arab Staff
25 March, 2025
Libya in Chaos
Libya
MENA
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Libya gets new central bank chief under UN-backed deal

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 October, 2024
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The New Arab Voice

Podcast

Banking on a New Authority

Hugo Goodridge
10 September, 2024
Riad Salameh -- AFP
Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanon's ex-bank governor 'broke down in tears' during arrest

The New Arab Staff
06 September, 2024
Riad Salameh
Beirut
Video

Lebanon’s former central bank governor Riad Salameh arrested

The New Arab Staff
05 September, 2024
Libya central bank
Libya
MENA
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UN hosts talks in Tripoli to resolve Libya's central bank crisis

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 September, 2024
Libya flag [NurPhoto/Getty]
Libya
Economy
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Libya central bank governor flees to avoid militias: report

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 August, 2024