Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 17

25-Apr-2011

IRAQ

Iraqi Inflation Set To Remain In Single Digits In 2011, CBI Says

Helped by a nation-wide food rationing program that has absorbed a portion of the increases in global food prices, Iraqs annual inflation rate is forecast to remain below 10% over the course of the coming year, an adviser of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) said last week. Whereas rising food and energy costs have in turn pushed consumer prices up across the world,...