Pro-regime sources leaked news of the regime’s intention to introduce a new 10,000 Syrian pound banknote in response to the currency’s significant devaluation against foreign exchange rates.
The banknote is scheduled to enter circulation in early 2022, with pro-regime sources saying that the banknote “has become an urgent necessity for day-to-day transactions.”
The Syrian regime is expected to print more banknotes to cover the [upcoming] budget, estimated at more than 4 trillion Syrian pounds, while also relying on withdrawing more treasury reserves.
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Al-Modon website quoted the sources as saying that the regime needs to increase the amount of money in circulation due to “increased government expenditures.” These increases have resulted from the recent “salary increase” approved by Bashar al-Assad in July 2021.
The regime announced a few days ago that the rate of funding through the deficit will reach more than 30 percent. The initial state budget for next year has reached 13 trillion Syrian pounds.
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