Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Experts: The Stability Of The Dollar Depends On The Creation Of A “New Platform” With Iran And Syria, 31 JULY

 Economical 07/31/2024  Baghdad: Ahmed Al-Janabi   Financial and economic specialists believe that the stability of the dollar exchange rate depends on creating a new platform for trade with Syria and Iran, and dealing with countries banned from the dollar in another currency. Euro or Chinese yuan.

 Yesterday, the exchange rate in the parallel market recorded 149 thousand dinars for 100 dollars, although the official price in the Central Bank is 132 thousand dinars for every 100 dollars. Economic affairs researcher Mustafa Al-Faraj said in a statement to Al-Sabah that  “the parallel market for the dollar is facing great pressure.”

By merchants and travelers to Iran, Syria, and other countries banned from the dollar,” noting that  “this increases the demand for the dollar and thus prices rise.” 

He pointed out that  “the solution to this problem lies in finding a new platform with those countries and   dealing with them in a currency other than the dollar, such as the euro and the yuan,   with the importance of finding an appropriate formula for the US Treasury  that removes sanctions from our banking sector.” 

Al-Faraj explained that  “Iraq lacks economic diversification and depends entirely on oil, which has weakened other economic sectors,” explaining that supporting the productive sector can limit the depletion of hard currency imports.

 For his part, the official spokesman for the currency market in Sulaymaniyah, Jabbar, explained  Curran said,  “The rise in the dollar this time is not linked to a political or economic crisis or external factors, but rather  it is linked to the actions of the Central Bank of Iraq, and it is possible that the bank will control this.” Height".

He called on the Central Bank to “take sufficient measures that can reduce the scarcity of the dollar in local markets.”

 In addition, economic affairs researcher Alaa Al-Fahd expected a gradual decline in the dollar exchange rate in the coming days, explaining that

this rise is common with the implementation of any new policy by the Central Bank of Iraq, as speculators try to exploit this in order to increase their gains.  He added,

"The Central Bank of Iraq has discussions and procedures with the US Federal Bank in order to control the exchange rate in the parallel market, and we hope that these discussions will produce positive results."     https://alsabaah.iq/100272-.html

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