Dragged down by a crumbling currency, Iraqi officials had high hopes the bottom was reached this month, with the US endorsing a series of reforms meant to scale back limitations on use of the country’s dollar reserves.
Friday the 3rd saw the dinar bounce off of record lows, but predicted recoveries never materialized, and the currency is showing no signs of stabilizing. The exchange rate is settling back to those recent lows.
The unstable dinar’s problems have ground Iraq’s economy to a halt. With the US Federal Reserve controlling Iraq’s dollar reserves, even though Iraq has exported a lot of oil in trade for petrodollars, they’ve been unable to take advantage of those profitable exchanges with their own currency.
The US fears more dollar availability will facilitate smuggling in Iran and Syria, and has subsequently scaled back the access that propped up the dinar. This has prevented Iraq from rebuilding from the ISIS War and planning for future growth.
This level of control is exactly why, during the invasion and occupation, the US increased its grip on Iraq’s banks. They’re still struggling to find a balance, and it’s clear the market’s faith in US endorsements is less prevalent than its pessimism over the Fed making things worse.
Iraqis a failed state and will remain so .
Until China steps in. If we continue to destroy the nation’s economy, or fail to make it somewhat decent, they WILL turn to China. And they WILL advertise to Africa that China, not the US, is the path to economic self sufficiency.
Take yuan for ur oil or genuinely threaten to do so when communicating with us. They will lift most of the restrictions pretty fast.