The Iraqi authorities and the staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) continued discussions in Washington during October 6–10, 2016 on the first review of Iraq’s 36-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) approved by the IMF Executive Board on July 7, 2016. Mr. Christian Josz, Mission Chief for Iraq, issued the following statement: “The Iraqi authorities have […]
By Omar Sattarfor Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. What's the status of IMF loan as Iraq dismisses finance minister? Prior to his dismissal Sept. 21, Iraqi Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari ran successful negotiations with international banks to obtain […]
By John Lee. Following the dismissal of Iraqi Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said it remains committed to working with Iraq on implementing a $5.34 billion loan. Bloomberg quotes IMF mission chief Christian Josz as saying that the Stand-by Arrangement (SBA) was approved in July, “and we are committed to […]
The Iraqi authorities and the staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) held discussions in Amman from August 28–September 10, 2016 on the first review of Iraq’s 36-month $5.3-billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) approved by the IMF Executive Board on July 7, 2016. Mr. Christian Josz, Mission Chief for Iraq, issued the following statement: “The Iraqi […]
By John Lee. The Iraq Mission Chief for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the staff-monitored program that started in November 2015 is designed with a focus on four key elements: reducing budget spending and restoring public finances to a healthy state and stabilize debt; protecting spending on the social front to ease […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi government has reportedly received the first installment of the $5.3-billion dollar loan recently approved by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A senior Iraqi official told Anadolu Agency: "The Iraqi government received Tuesday the first $634 million installment. "The first installment will be allocated to the ... relief of the displaced, […]
By John Lee. The Iraq Mission Chief for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Iraq's oil sector grew by 13 percent in 2015 and by more than 20 percent during the first five months of 2016. This contrasts with the fortunes of the non-oil economy, which contracted by 19 percent in 2015 and is […]
By John Lee. The Iraq Mission Chief for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that he sees no reason to devalue the Iraqi dinar "under current circumstances", and says the authorities are "committed to maintaining the Iraqi Dinar’s peg to the U.S. dollar". Christian Josz told IMF News: "Iraq has maintained a peg to […]
Iraqi Government, EU, IMF, UNAMI, and World Bank representatives participate at IBBC’s annual retreat in Windsor Dara Rasheed, Iraq’s acting Minister of Housing and Construction, Jan Kubis, Head of UNAMI and Special Representative of the United Nations for Iraq, Robert Bou Jaoude, World Bank’s Special Representative for Iraq, Patrick Simmonet, EU Ambassador to Iraq and […]
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday approved a three-year Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) for Iraq for SDR 3.831 billion (about US$5.34 billion, or 230 percent of quota) to support the government’s economic reform program. The Board’s approval enables the disbursement of SDR 455 million (about US$634 million). In July 2015, Iraq […]
By John Lee. Iraq has reportedly approved measures requested by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to unlock loans of $5.4 billion over the coming three years. An adviser to Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told Reuters that the agreement is "on track". Among the measures approved is the settling of all arrears owed to foreign oil […]
By John Lee. Reuters reports that Iraq expects to sell $2 billion in eurobonds in the last quarter of this year, when international aid starts coming in, helping lower its cost of borrowing. Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari (pictured) told the news agency that Iraq expects to receive $600 million in September from the International Monetary […]
