The central bank today reduced sales sold more than $ 203 million
The central bank today reduced sales sold more than $ 203 million
06/18/2015 11:28 GMT
Agencies – CBI sales fell in the auction for the sale of foreign currencies on Thursday to $ 203 million after it was on Wednesday, more than 257 million and 651 000 dollars.
According to a statement of the bank it received the news agency public opinion (and babysit) a copy of “The amount sold size by the bank today at the price of the auction of dollar reached 203 000 545 thousand and $ 125 at a price of 1166 dinars exchange rate to the dollar and with the participation of 22 banks and two financial transferable.”
He pointed out that “the amount of remittances and the volume of credits, amounted to 168 million and 729 thousand and $ 125 in quantity sold was 34 million in cash and 825 thousand dollars.”
The statement said that “the Iraqi Central Bank to continue buying and selling dollars at 1166 dinars,” adding that “the sale of remittances price of 1187 dinars / dollar, including the commission of the Central Bank of $ 21 dinars per dollar, with total cash sales price of the dollar in 1190 dinars / USD, including the commission Bank Central of 24 dinars per dollar. ”
And still the central bank auction this more than twice as specified by the Budget Law for 2015 to $ 75 million daily sales, and the increase in sales comes as a step from the bank to reduce the high exchange rate against the Iraqi dinar in local markets and cover the need of foreign currency.
And fell dollar exchange rates against the Iraqi dinar today dramatically for the past few days and recorded up to 1300 dinars to the dollar (130 000 dinars for one hundred dollars) but still high for the past few months in which he was a stable dollar at about 1200 dinars to the dollar (120 000 dinars for one hundred dollars).
He assured the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi yesterday from a case apprehensive about the exchange rate of the Iraqi dinar compared to the US dollar, saying “we will strike manipulators prices dollar with an iron fist,” noting that “there is speculation and manipulation by corrupt and who want to influence the economic conditions and manipulation Bakot Iraqi people “. Q, Q
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