Saleh’s statement: No change in the exchange rate and the Iraqi economy is stable.
Saleh’s statement: No change in the exchange rate and the Iraqi economy is stable.
2025/12/06
The financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Saleh, confirmed on Saturday that the official exchange rate is fixed at 1320 dinars and that the recent fluctuations have no significant impact, while indicating that the Iraqi economy is stable and inflation has declined to 2.5%.
Saleh said in a press statement followed by Al-Furat News that “what happened in the parallel exchange market during the past few days is nothing more than an emergency and temporary fluctuation resulting from inaccurate information effects known in economic analysis as “color noise,” which is confused information that is mostly based on rumors, and leads to uncertain behavior and short-term speculation in the unregulated money market.”
He added that “transitional periods usually witness such price movements, especially as the country continues in the post-legislative election phase, and in parallel with the implementation of the customs governance system and its digital procedures in accordance with international standards, including customs tracking systems and modern digital applications that enhance transparency and discipline in the commercial and financial environment together.”
Saleh explained that “the aforementioned fluctuation in the price of the dollar against the dinar in the parallel market has not left a substantial impact on the stability of the general price level, as monetary policy continues to achieve its operational and intermediate goals in stabilizing prices in general and maintaining the stability of the official exchange rate in particular, a path that is reflected in the decrease in the annual inflation growth rate to normal fractional levels not exceeding 2.5% annually.”
He pointed out that “the policy of fixed exchange rate is an adopted policy based on fundamental principles, foremost among them the efficiency of foreign reserves supporting the stability of the official exchange rate of 1320 dinars per dollar. It is also noted that international institutions, foremost among them the World Bank and other multilateral global financing institutions, view with satisfaction the government’s reform steps in the banking sector and the general financial and economic sector, which encourage the investment environment, especially the trend towards strengthening the partnership between the state and the private sector, all of which are among the basic pillars for building a diversified economy that supports the paths of sustainable development identified by the methodology of Iraq Vision 2050.”
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