Iraq establishes 'investment portfolio' to support stability of national currency
12/26/2024
The economic advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, revealed Iraq’s first step after extinguishing its foreign debts towards establishing an investment portfolio to support the stability of the national currency.
Saleh explained to {Euphrates News} that: "Since 2004, after Iraq was able to extinguish $100 billion of its accumulated debts, which are called pre-1990 debts resulting from wars and conflicts, and with the improvement in the current account of the balance of payments, the first step taken by Iraq was to establish an investment portfolio of foreign reserves."
He added, "Or what is called the country's foreign exchange reserves that perform the function of stabilizing the value of the national currency or what is called the external value of money."
Saleh said that "these assets that support the stability of the balance of payments and the national currency {i.e. foreign reserves} are one of the aspects of the sovereign funds called {quasi-sovereign wealth fund}."
He pointed out that "they differ from traditional sovereign funds in that their assets are characterized by high liquidity or investment in liquid or semi-liquid assets and are subject to a highly accurate diversification rule in foreign currencies and highly liquid financial investment tools by virtue of their function as international reserves supporting the balance of payments and stabilizing the value of the national currency." Raghad LINK
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