Pros And Cons.. Why Doesn't The Central Bank Delete 3 Zeros From The Iraqi Currency?, 25 SEPT

  Economy  2024-09-24 | Source: Alsumaria News  2,509 views  Alsumaria News – Economy  

 Economist Nabil Al-Marsoumi said today , Tuesday, that the process of deleting zeros from the currency means replacing a new currency with the old currency with the aim of simplifying the calculation process among consumers, and countries that suffer from high inflation often resort to it and have become unable to deal with paper currencies of very weak value.

Al-Musumi mentioned in a blog post followed by Al-Sumaria had previously implemented News that 54 countries at different times the deletion of a group of zeros from their local currencies due to some of the positives resulting from such a procedure, represented by

      re-evaluating the national currency,

     simplifying financial transactions, and

     streamlining currency units as a necessary condition for reducing accounting numbers and

     facilitating accounting. The

     cost of managing large numbers new and the

     lack of small numbers. He added,

 although the issue of deleting 3 zeros from the Iraqi currency has been receiving attention and study from the Central Bank since 2007, the bank has not yet taken such a measure due to the lack of two important conditions: the first is the instability of the dollar exchange rate against the Iraqi dinar and the

 second is political instability.. In addition to the

     disadvantages and risks resulting from it:

 First: The process of deleting the zeros is not a magic solution to the problem of inflation, but rather a formality whose purpose is to give momentum to the Iraqi economy.

Second: Influencing the behavior of consumers and producers, economic variables, and economic relations between Iraq and other countries.

  Third: Deleting the zeros is an imaginary change in the value of the currency and does not change its purchasing power.

 Fourth: It is possible that people will panic and give up their dollar savings and replace them with the Iraqi dinar, which will lead to a large and sudden growth in the monetary supply, which will undermine monetary stability. Iraqi currency

Fifth: The large costs resulting from printing the new.

 Sixth: The emergence of corruption in the process of getting rid of old currency or introducing counterfeit currencies and trying to replace them with the new currency, in addition to the occurrence of money laundering operations.

Seventh: The decision will not affect the competitiveness of Iraqi goods against foreign goods because the majority of transactions are carried out in dollars.

 Eighth: Deleting the zeros will create social problems at this stage due to the inability to convince the public to accept the decrease in the size of the monetary mass while acknowledging that the true value of the money is not affected.

 The issue relates to the mind and memory preservation of large amounts, in addition to the difficulty of settling commercial and personal contracts and agreements.  

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