Abubakar Jemal (C), 24, arranges bed sheets at a family owned shop in the historical Merkato district in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on September 14, 2024. On July 30, 2024 Ethiopia took the painful decision to let its currency float freely against the dollar, and the birr lost a third of its value overnight. The decline has continued since then -- it now takes 112 birr to buy $1, compared with 55 birr before the change. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi / AFP) (Photo by AMANUEL SILESHI/AFP via Getty Images)