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Re: punto post# 7276

Friday, 05/25/2007 12:45:49 PM

Friday, May 25, 2007 12:45:49 PM

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I would be way more scared of this...

This is new... the 23% interest rates and 21 billion in reserves are current numbers.

http://www.almalafpress.net/index.php?d=126&id=35868
Google translation
He said the Iraqi Central Bank Governor Sinan Al-Shabibi that the goal of monetary policy is to achieve price stability and be done by enhancing the effectiveness of the work of all sectors in order to meet the social needs of goods and services, and explained that the Central Bank is issuing new currency and did not want to fall, and there are important economic implications behind the monetary policy, especially at the level of stability in Iraq economically. Shabibi and pointed to inflation, which rose to record rates in past years have witnessed relatively stable in this year amounting to 45%, and the Central Bank has succeeded in forming a high cash reserve amounted to 21 billion dollars. he is a good sum could in turn contribute to the creation of a stability reassuring. And statements come in light of the opposition expressed by the broad economic circles, particularly in the private sector, as well as experts and specialists about the tight monetary policy, and tried to prevent the activation and revitalize economic sectors because of raising interest rates to more than 23%. and the rate is unprecedented in any nation at the regional and global levels, The inflation indices to be calculated incorrectly, so that the results seem positive formality while inflation rises in practice as prices remained volatile for the major commodity groups involved in the account.

I don’t vouch for the source or the accuracy of the translation… but it’s more talk of a new currency.

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