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Iraq: Third and Fourth Reviews Under the Stand-By Arrangement, Financing Assurances Review, and Requests for Extension of the Arrangement and for Waiver of Nonobservance of a Performance Criterion
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International Monetary Fund
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IMF Staff Country Reports
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2007: Issue 115
Language:
English
Publication Date:
22 Mar 2007
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451819120.002
ISBN:
9781451819120
ISSN:
1934-7685
Pages:
55
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; government; IMF arrangement; fuel product; government import; Iraq; revolving government credit; authorities request; oil wealth; Oil; Budget planning and preparation; Imports; Middle East; North Africa; East Africa
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This paper discusses key findings of the Third and Fourth Reviews Under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) for Iraq. Economic growth in 2006 was below target because oil production did not increase as projected. This reflected lower-than-planned investment and the lack of security. Inflation increased to 65 percent in 2006 to December 2006. This was mainly owing to shortages of key commodities, caused in part by the ongoing insurgency. The underlying rate of inflation has also remained high.
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IMF Staff Country Reports
ISSN:
1934-7685
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
Volume 2007: Issue 115