US dollar exchange rate remains stable in Baghdad, increases in Erbil
The US dollar exchange rate remained stable in Baghdad's Al-Kifah and Al-Harithiya stock exchanges, reaching 1,413 Iraqi dinars throughout the day.
The exchange rate in currency exchange shops in Baghdad ranged between 1,422.5 dinars and 1,402.5 dinars, Shafaq News reported.
In Erbil, the US dollar exchange rate slightly rose, fluctuating between 1,411 and 1,410 Iraqi dinars.
The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) said in February 2023 that it has begun using the new US dollar exchange rate of 1,300 dinars to every US dollar.
The previous official exchange rate was 1,450 dinars to one US dollar, which was being exchanged in the parallel market at a rate of 1,550 dinars.
While the official exchange rate was 1,450 dinars per dollar in January 2023, the US currency was being exchanged at 1,610 dinars during the same month in the parallel market in Iraq. This variation represented a more than 10 percent difference in exchange rates.
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