A New Round Of Understandings To Regulate Trade Financing And Control The Exchange Rate On The Black Market With The US Federal Reserve, 30 NOV

 A New Round Of Understandings To Regulate Trade Financing And Control The Exchange Rate On The Black Market With The US Federal Reserve

Economy News _ Baghdad  A government delegation, including officials from the Central Bank of Iraq, will hold a new round of understandings early next December, with the US Federal Reserve, to hold meetings within the framework of a series of negotiations in order to reach more agreements to regulate trade financing and enhance the balances of Iraqi banks from various foreign currencies in banks. Correspondence, thus controlling dollar speculation in the black and maintaining the stability of the exchange rate.

The advisor to the Iraqi Private Banks Association, Samir Al-Nusairi, said in an interview with Al-Iqtisad News that there are currently negotiations taking place with the relevant authorities in Turkey and with Turkish banks to enhance balances in euros or Turkish lira, in addition to that dealings will be made in the coming days with the Emirates through the mediation of Abu Dhabi Bank.

The first is to enhance balances in the UAE dirham,” stressing that “the government and the central bank are in the final round of the battle with speculators, and the dollar exchange rate in Iraq will soon stabilize.”

Al-Nusairi noted that “the total foreign trade or commercial exchange of Iraq with countries annually is approximately 60 billion dollars, distributed between China about 12-14 billion dollars, Turkey about 10 billion dollars, Iran about 10-12 billion dollars, and then the rest of the countries such as India, the Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Egypt and others.”

Samir Al-Nusairi pointed out that “the new currencies with which our bank balances will be strengthened are the European euro, the Chinese yuan, the Emirati dirham, the Turkish lira, and the Indian rupee, and they may constitute a percentage of no less than 60% of the volume of our annual imports,” indicating that “dealing with these currencies comes after the approval of the Federal Reserve.” "The American, with his assistance and in agreement with him."

He explained, "The opening of accounts for correspondent banks, which have now reached more than 40 new accounts in correspondent banks, were opened by our banks, whose number is approximately the same as a bank, and they are on the verge of increasing to more than this number.

These correspondent banks are such as Citibank, JP Morgan, and Chinese, Emirati, and Indian banks." And Turkish, stressing that “there are no fears of Iraq being subjected to sanctions from the US Federal Reserve in this regard, but rather that these banks are authorized to deal and open accounts after agreement with the US Federal Reserve.”

 There are new instructions and procedures for the Central Bank that include allowing Iraqi banks that have accounts abroad in foreign currencies to import and transfer these currencies into Iraq for the purpose of using them to distribute citizens’ deposits with our banks that are in foreign currency, and thus they will be distributed to them, in addition to giving these banks flexibility to deal with companies.

 And organizations and those who receive their salaries in foreign currencies,” according to specific conditions and controls issued by the Central Bank, and this step will lead to preserving the foreign cash reserves of the Central Bank, according to the advisor to the Association of Iraqi Banks.

Al-Nusairi stressed that “the above twenty banks opened their accounts in accordance with specific commitments and controls to enhance their balances, and thus they will control the movement of speculators on the black market and put pressure on the dollar circulating on the black market resulting from illicit trade and unofficial outlets that have not been controlled.”

An advisor to the Iraqi Banks Association, stated that “the procedures for transitioning from a cash economy to a digital economy, which will be implemented by the government and the central bank through broad measures, will contribute to determining dealing in dollars on the black market,” and thus will lead to stability of the exchange rate.   Views 75 11/30/2023 - https://economy-news.net/content.php?id=37996