Iraq : first review of the three-year stand-by arrangement and financing assurances review, requests for waivers of nonobservance and applicability of performance criteria, modification of performance criteria, and rephasing of the arrangement; press release; staff report; and statement by the Executive Director for Iraq.

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, [2016]
©2016
Description:1 online resource ( pages) : color illustrations.
Language:English
Series:IMF country report ; no. 16/379
IMF country report ; no. 16/379.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13512014
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Other authors / contributors:International Monetary Fund. publisher.
ISBN:9781475559972
1475559976
Notes:"December 2016."
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Description based on online resource; title from pdf title page (IMF website, viewed February 10, 2017).
Summary:Iraq is adjusting to a double shock arising from the ISIS attacks and the sharp drop in global oil prices. The conflict has hurt the economy through displacement and impoverishment of millions of people, and destruction of infrastructure and assets. The oil price decline has resulted in a massive reduction in budget revenue, pushing the fiscal deficit to an unsustainable level. The authorities are responding to the crisis with a mix of necessary fiscal adjustment and financing, maintaining their commitment to the exchange rate peg. The peg provides a key nominal anchor in a highly uncertain environment with policy capacity weakened by the war against ISIS.