Parliamentary Committee: Iraq Is Heading Towards A Major Investment And Economic Boom, 25 DEC

 Parliamentary Committee: Iraq Is Heading Towards A Major Investment And Economic Boom

Economy |Today,  Baghdad Today – Baghdad  The Parliamentary Investment and Development Committee confirmed, today, Monday, December 23, 2024, that Iraq is heading towards a major investment and economic boom during the next stage.    

Mohammed Radhi told Baghdad Today, "The stability achieved at the political, security and governmental levels will lead to important and large investment opportunities during the next phase, and this will generate great prosperity at the economic level, and this will lead to an important construction leap in various infrastructures."

Radhi added, "The Iraqi government has achieved successes in the investment file and strengthening the economic and financial conditions, and these successes have been positively reflected in the services, reconstruction and development file, and the next stage will show these successes more clearly through investment and economic prosperity at various levels."

In April 2024, the International Monetary Fund expected the Iraqi economy to grow by 1.4% in 2024 and 5.3% in 2025, and urged structural reforms and debt stabilization.

The Iraqi government also announced a decrease in unemployment from (16.5%) to (14.4%), a reduction in the poverty rate from (23%) to (17%), a decrease in the inflation rate from (6.1%) in 2021 to (2.5%), and an increase in non-oil revenues to (14%), after representing (7%) of the budget.  LINK