Iraq is going through major changes.” Parliamentary Finance identifies 3 factors that control the 2024 budget
Member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Mudar Al-Karawi, identified three factors that control Iraq’s budget for the year 2024.
Al-Karawi said in a press interview seen by “Taqaddam” that “the volume of actual and total spending for Iraq in the year 2024 may exceed the current year, amid expectations of an increase in the exchange rate with the launch of more than 1,300 service projects nationwide,” pointing out that “the economic situation is recovering.” But very slowly due to accumulations extending over years.”
He added, “It is not possible to be certain from now that inflation will remain at its current levels, and it may decrease or rise, in addition to not confirming that a financial deficit in 2024 will be larger or smaller than the current year,” indicating that “Iraq is living with major changes after the Gaza war and its repercussions that have affected it.” “It began to be monitored through what is happening in Bab al-Mandab and other areas, and the possibility of expanding confrontations in the Middle East in general.”
Al-Karawi indicated, “The Finance Committee will hold a series of meetings with the Ministry of Finance and the rest of the institutions concerned with the economy at the beginning of next year.” To determine the expected deficit rates and what solutions are proposed,” he pointed out, “stability, oil prices that are compatible with the country’s needs, and exchange mechanisms are all factors influencing the 2024 budget.”
After a difficult struggle that extended for months, the House of Representatives voted on the general financial budget for the years 2023, 2024, and 2025 last June, after a series of sessions that extended until the early hours of dawn, which resulted in a tripartite budget, the highest in the history of Iraq, as it was described as “explosive” with a value of 198 trillion and 910 billion dinars. link
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