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Sudanese Advisor: The dollar is declining, prices are stabilizing, and expectations are optimistic, 22 DEC

 Sudanese Advisor: The dollar is declining, prices are stabilizing, and expectations are optimistic

Sudanese Advisor - The dollar is declining prices are stabilizing and expectations are optimisticMazhar Muhammad Salih, Advisor to the Prime Minister for Financial Affairs, announced today, Thursday, a decline in the annual growth of prices in Iraq, according to a statement by international monetary experts during their recent consultations with the Iraqi official side.
Saleh told the official agency, followed by the 964 Network , that “according to what was announced by the statement of the International Monetary Fund expert delegation in its recent consultations with the official Iraqi side,” the growth rate in non-oil GDP is expected to reach about positive 5%, and in our estimate that this The optimistic expectations reflect great economic dynamism in the growth movement of the real and service sectors outside the oil sector, as a result of the renaissance of investment in the construction sector, infrastructure, digital services and various interconnected activities. This increase in growth is equivalent to almost twice the growth of the population, which means that it has positive effects on the prosperity of… Individual income growth is linked to the level of employment, use of human resources, and reducing unemployment rates.”
He added, “Price spikes may occur individually, but what concerns us is the stability of the general level of prices, so it is noted that the increase in growth in price rates is decreasing, as the annual growth rate of prices decreased from 7% last January to 3.7% last month.” November of this year compared to November of last year.”
Saleh continued, “On the other hand, the exchange rate in the unregulated market has not witnessed new rises. Rather, today it is in a gradual decline. The more regular the work of the compliance platform is and the more banks respond to anti-money laundering requirements in a transparent manner, the more transfers will increase through the external transfer platform, which is the responsible platform.” On meeting the private sector’s foreign currency needs by 85% to finance trade.”
He noted that “the needs of travelers are met through two ways: credit cards and cash dollars, and that private banks have imported cash dollars for themselves to meet the needs of their customers from their dollar accounts in amounts that have exceeded tens of millions of cash dollars in recent days, and they are continuing normally based on the regulations.” issued by the Central Bank of Iraq in this regard.”
He pointed out that “the commodity market has begun to be supported by a diversified commodity supply through the movement of additional government imports, especially food, medicine, building supplies and spare parts, all of which are supplied at a fixed exchange rate of 1,320 dinars per dollar, which is the factor that contributes to the stability of the general price level and counters market noise.” Illegal and irregular exchange accounts for only 10% of foreign currency circulation.”

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