Central bank sales of hard currency are recording a noticeable decline
BAGHDAD – Mawazine News… The central bank’s hard currency sales fell, on Wednesday, for a third consecutive day, recording only $ 32 million.
The auction of buying and selling foreign currencies, according to the Central Bank’s daily bulletin, saw a decrease in its sales by 31.71 percent, to reach 32 million and 827 thousand dollars.
The bank’s daily bulletin stated that it “covered its sales at a base exchange rate of 1460 dinars per dollar.”
She added that “the purchases amounting to 32 million and 827 thousand dollars, went to strengthen the assets abroad in the form of transfers and credits, while the banks did not make any purchase of dollars in cash.”
The bulletin indicated that “six banks have fulfilled the requests to enhance assets abroad.”
It is noteworthy that the central bank’s sales of hard currency, on Tuesday, amounted to 48 million and 67 thousand dollars. Ended