Economic parliamentary calls for CBI to set controls for the sale of currency
Economic parliamentary calls for CBI to set controls for the sale of currency
17/02/2012 15:02
Baghdad, February 17 (Rn) – The Economic Committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Friday, Central Bank of Iraq to develop controls and monitor the sale of hard currency, at the time carried the government and the executive committees of an economic responsibility to enter the fake currency to the Iraqi market. A member of the Committee Mahma Khalil told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) “We asked the central bank put controls on the sale of foreign currency because of wills Iraq comes through the sale of oil and the currency of the dollar is our credit only,” adding, “we fear the vulnerability of the Iraqi currency against the dollar and afraid of the influence on it.” said Khalil that “under the Constitution, the central bank is linked to the House of Representatives and the Economic Commission is concerned to study the economic feasibility of the country,” noting “so there must be controls to stabilize the Iraqi currency,” adding, “We are afraid of smuggling the money out of Iraq.” and carrying Khalil government and committees Executive of an economic responsibility to entry of counterfeit currency into the country and spread in the Iraqi markets, “calling to” prevent the entry of the currency and punish people who trade these currency (…) and the application of the law on accountability of people who enter the counterfeit currency of Iraq. ” The Central Bank of Iraq confirmed that the high exchange rates of U.S. dollar in the local markets of Iraq and the rise in sales to finance trade, other countries are neighbors, noting that it will reflect negatively on its reserves of hard currency. witnessing the exchange rate of U.S. dollar in the local markets of Iraq about the Iraqi dinar increased significantly between 1221 A to 1225 Iraqi dinars to the dollar, while the exchange rate of U.S. dollar against the Iraqi dinar in the past year 2011 of 1180 dinars to the dollar. and the Central Bank of Iraq on the sixth of January, a rise in foreign currency reserves to $ 60 billion, after if its reserves in 2010 had reached $ 58 billion. From: Yazan al-Shammari, the Open: Peace Baghdadi
