VOL. XXXII

NO. 2

17-OCTOBER-1988

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL BANKING

JD Expected to Drop after Float

The Central Bank of Jordan last week informed banks that as of 15 October theJordanian Dinar (JD) will be allowed to float. Previously the JD's value hasbeen set periodically by the Central Bank, although a free market rate at whichmoneychangers will deal in the local currency has diverged from the officialrates in recent months. After attempting first to impose tougher controls on the...