More than two billion dollars in auction sales of the Central Bank of Iraq within a month
More than two billion dollars in auction sales of the Central Bank of Iraq within a month
2022-12-31 03:02
Shafaq News/ The Central Bank of Iraq’s sales from the hard currency auction during the current month of December amounted to more than two billion dollars.
Shafaq News agency reporter stated that the Central Bank sold during the current month of December, in the days when it opened its auction for buying and selling US dollars, two billion and 409 million, and 116 thousand and 218 dollars, at a rate of 120 million, 455 thousand, and 810 dollars per day.
He added that the bank’s total sales decreased during December compared to the rest of the previous months, as a result of the decrease in its dollar sales to less than $150 million, reaching less than $60 million in some days.
Our correspondent indicated that these sales were distributed between remittances abroad to finance foreign trade, and cash sales to banks, while the sale price of dollars transferred to bank accounts abroad, in addition to cash sales, amounted to 1460 Iraqi dinars per dollar.
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