VOL. XXXIII

NO. 36

11-JUNE-1990

Financial and Banking News

Budgets & Revenues

Iraq's GDP Dips after Years of Steady Growth

Iraq's gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 10% in 1988 (measured in constant1980 prices) after recording steady growth in the previous four years, accordingto the Annual Abstract of Statistics for 1989, recently published by the IraqiMinistry of Planning. The fall was spread across a wide range of economicsectors, including mining and quarrying, which includes the oil...