The Iraqi central bank’s reserves have declined to 102 trillion dinars, and its liabilities to the government have doubled.
The head of the “Iraq Future” Foundation for Economic Studies and Consultations, economic expert Manar Al-Obaidi, revealed today, Thursday, significant shifts and declines in the financial indicators of the Central Bank of Iraq, pointing to an increase in the bank’s net claim on the government compared to a decrease in the size of official reserves. Dailynews reports
Al-Obaidi explained in an economic analysis based on the latest operational and banking data that the net claims of the Central Bank on the Iraqi government recorded a significant increase to reach 66.6 trillion Iraqi dinars, compared to 35 trillion dinars that it had recorded at the beginning of 2025.
He added that the net official reserves at the Central Bank have decreased to 102 trillion Iraqi dinars, after having been 130 trillion dinars at the beginning of 2026.
The head of the institution pointed out that in July alone, the Central Bank lost about 10.3 trillion dinars of its foreign and banking reserves.
Shafaq.com