CBI denies the rise of the exchange rate to 170 thousand dinars

Baghdad-INA

The Central Bank denied expectations attributed to it that the exchange rate would reach 170 thousand dinars.

The Director General of the Department of Investments and Foreign Transfers, Mazen Sabah Ahmed, said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that “the statements attributed to him in Reuters included press formulations that the agency reported in an inaccurate form.”.

Ahmed stressed, “The Central Bank guarantees dollar deposits, and the citizen who deposited his money in dollars with any Iraqi bank previously or by 2024 has an inherent right to receive these amounts in cash and in US dollars.”.

He added, "There was no mention in the press interview of expectations that the exchange rate would reach 1,700, and that the Central Bank has its tools that it uses to reduce the difference between the two prices, and there are no indications that the exchange rate in the parallel market will reach this level. On the contrary, there are measures being taken." "It will contribute to reducing the difference.".

He continued, "The reforms undertaken by the Central Bank of Iraq aim to achieve compliance of the bank and the banking system in general with international compliance standards, and to prevent the dollar from reaching parties prohibited from obtaining it or speculating with it.".

He continued, "The announcement that the date of 1-1-2024 will be the beginning of stopping cash withdrawals includes transfers received only from outside Iraq according to certain arrangements that guarantee business sustainability and does not include in any way citizens’ balances in US dollars."