Central first decline recorded in April to sell less than $ 100 million
06.04.2016
15:08
{Baghdad: Euphrates News} central bank sales recorded in the auction for the sale of foreign currency, on Wednesday, the first decline in April, below the $ 100 million, and that upon reaching 83 million dollars.
The central bank auction opened last Sunday, { the first auction in a month this April}, the sale of $ 104 million, while sold last Monday, $ 106 million, while sales were on Tuesday, $ 105 million.
According to a statement of the bank, on Wednesday, received The agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it, " The size of the amount sold today reached 83 million, and 766 thousand, and $ 51, priced at 1182 dinars exchange rate against the dollar, and with the participation of 30 banks and 19 financial transfer company."
He added that " the size of the amount of remittances and credits amounted to 38 million, and 781 thousand, and $ 670, while the quantity sold in cash seven million, and 884 thousand dollars. "
and that" the amounts transferred to the accounts of banks selling abroad is priced at 1190 dinars per dollar, and the cash sales price shall be the price 1182 dinars per dollar. "
the Governor of the Central Bank and the agency on the Keywords announced in 23 of last March, the bank 's intention to reduce sales of the dollar by 50% for the year 2016 this, stressing the need to take into account supply and demand.
Keywords and said in a televised interview, said that" rationing located at the bank to sell the dollar during the auction conducted by, where we started to cut these sales in the year 201, which amounted to 25% compared to the previous year , "pointing out that" the year 2016 perhaps we will reach this sales decrease by 40 to 50 percent last year". https://alforatnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=113482