IRAQ

 

Iraqi Cabinet Approves $9Bn Supplementary Budget For 2012

The Iraqi cabinet on 3 July approved an ID10,875bn ($9.3bn) supplementary budget to complement the federal budget which projected total expenditure of ID117,123bn ($100bn), as approved by parliament in February (MEES, 12 March ). Government spokesman 'Ali Dabbagh said after approval of the additional spending the deficit of around $13bn projected in the original 2012 budget in February was...