Lebanon Sends New Sign of End to Currency Peg
- Bank clients can now withdraw dollars in Lebanese pounds
- Lebanon is studying an economic rescue plan, seeking funding
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Lebanon began allowing holders of U.S. dollar bank accounts to withdraw deposits in local currency at a rate set daily by lenders, the latest indication authorities are abandoning a decades-old exchange peg.