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Makhlouf

American  
[mahkh-loof, mah-kloof] / mɑxˈluf, mɑˈkluf /

noun

  1. Saint Sharbel 1828–98, Lebanese monk: canonized 1977.


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Kais Makhlouf, also from Risk Intelligence, signalled one major obstacle.

From Barron's Mar. 6, 2026

“We’re clearly in a disinflation process,” said Gabriel Makhlouf, governor of Ireland’s central bank and one of the 26 members of the E.C.B.’s governing council.

From New York Times Apr. 25, 2024

“We don’t allow anything that is combustible to be brought into the sacred forest,” said Charbel Makhlouf, a priest at Bcharre’s Saint Saba Cathedral.

From Seattle Times Dec. 4, 2023

"When we get into next year, the likelihood is that if the rates go up, they'll go up by smaller increments," Makhlouf, the Irish central bank chief, told Ireland's Sunday Independent newspaper in an interview.

From Reuters Nov. 27, 2022

Last year, Makhlouf suffered the biggest blow yet when he was stripped of his shares of Syriatel, one of the most profitable businesses in the country, with control of 55 percent of Syria’s cellphone market.

From Washington Post

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