Middle East Economic Survey
VOL. LII
No 18
04-May-2009
IRAQ
Increase In Iraqi Budget Deficit In 2009 May Not Materialize
Last months warning by the Iraqi Minister of Finance Bayan Jabr that the budget deficit in 2009 could soar to $25bn from the projected figure of ID18,757bn ($15.9bn) was perceived as an exaggeration by economists familiar with the Iraqi economic scene. In an interview with Reuters in 'Amman, Mr Jabr attributed his gloomy outlook to the fall in oil exports in the first quarter of...
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