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Parliamentary Economy indicates the risks of the “parallel market”: “important” sessions with the Central Bank next week

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The Parliamentary Economics Committee pointed out the dangers of the “parallel market,” while revealing “important” sessions with Central Bank of Iraq officials next week in order to coordinate and support the market.

Parallel market risks

Today, Tuesday (January 23, 2024), a member of the Parliamentary Economics Committee, MP Briar Rashid, monitored the danger of the “parallel market” in Iraq.

Rashid said in an interview with “Baghdad Today” that “many factors contributed to creating the parallel market for the exchange of the dollar in Iraq, which is currently far from the official price set by the Central Bank at about 20 thousand dinars for every 100 dollars (the official price is 132 thousand dinars for every 100 dollars). $)".