
Moroccan Dirham Weakens Against Euro, Stable vs Dollar as Reserves Grow
Against the euro, the dirham fell by 0.33% between April 15 and 21, 2021. As for the US dollar, the dirham remained almost at the same level.

Against the euro, the dirham fell by 0.33% between April 15 and 21, 2021. As for the US dollar, the dirham remained almost at the same level.

In order to improve the business climate, Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) launched on Thursday the Centralized Irregular Checks Service (SCCI). The company Checkinfo will be responsible for its management.

The dirham remained almost stable against the euro and appreciated by 0.58% against the US dollar, during the period from April 8 to 14, 2021. This is revealed by the indicators published by Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) .

Bank Al-Maghrib is optimistic about Morocco’s economic situation. This emerges from its April economic situation note on the main figures of the Moroccan economy, including Moroccans residing abroad.

The dirham depreciated by 0.50% against the euro and appreciated by 0.78% against the US dollar, during the period from April 1 to 7, 2021. This is indicated by the indicators published by Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) .

Companies continue to suffer the impacts of the health crisis, with for each country, its support measures and results that have difficulty reassuring. According to a study by the International Monetary Fund, the insolvency of SMEs could lead to a drop of more than 2 percentage points in the core capital ratios of banks this year.

Fearing sanctions for non-declaration of bank accounts they hold in Morocco in their countries of residence or host countries before September 2021, many Moroccans living abroad (MRE) would have rushed to their banks to empty their accounts.

The financing rate granted by participatory banks recorded a strong increase of 47.5% year-on-year, with 14.36 billion dirhams (MMDH) in February 2021.

The dirham appreciated by 0.26% against the euro and depreciated by 0.51% against the US dollar, during the period from March 25 to 31, 2021. This is indicated by the indicators published by Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) .

The dirham appreciated by 0.56% against the euro and depreciated by 0.1% against the US dollar, during the period from March 18 to 24, 2021. This is what the indicators published by Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) indicate.

Many Moroccans living abroad are worried following the publication of information according to which they are obliged to declare their bank accounts held in Morocco. The Governor of the Bank of Morocco tries to reassure and affirms that this is not the case, at least for the year 2021.

Scheduled to end on March 31, the amnesty on bounced checks has been postponed. A decree voted on Thursday, March 25, 2021 in the Council of Government has just extended it until the end of the state of health emergency.