Baghdad receives a new shipment of “cash dollars”… and an expert predicts an improvement in the value of the dinar.
Baghdad receives a new shipment of “cash dollars”… and an expert predicts an improvement in the value of the dinar.
2026-05-02
Shafaq News – Baghdad
Iraqi economist Nabil Al-Marsoumi confirmed on Saturday that a new shipment of cash dollars had arrived in Baghdad, as part of what he described as American support related to the next phase and the formation of the government.
Al-Marsoumi said in a Facebook post that “Iraq receives about one billion dollars monthly, distributed in two cash installments,” noting that the shipment that arrived yesterday comes within this ongoing financial context.
He added that “the arrival of this dollar liquidity would contribute to improving the exchange rate of the Iraqi dinar during the coming week.”
Injecting dollars into the markets enhances monetary stability and limits fluctuations in the exchange rate against the Iraqi dinar, especially with the recent increase in demand for foreign currency.
The United States has been transferring funds in amounts ranging from $400 million to $500 million at a time to Baghdad for many years, and these payments are linked to Iraqi oil sales.
Last April, the United States suspended dollar shipments to Baghdad, due to what American reports at the time described as an escalation of attacks by Iranian-backed militias on American interests.
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