Dinarland Highlights – 6.26.26 Mountain GoatDuring this [2019] crisis time the CBI devaluated the local currency by more than 20 percent, the biggest devaluation since 2003, adjusting the ex-change rate from IQD 1182/USD to IQD 1450. After the crisis and oil was flowing again it ‘revalued’ back to 1320/USD but it never regained its original pre-crisis value of 1182… these changes in the dinar are NOT structural banking reasons for devaluation but local, short term financial reasons due to the drop of oil exports. This comes from too much of reliance on oil to pay Iraqi’s bills. When oil flow stops or slows down…

















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