Sunday Weekend Catch-UP Government source: Security tensions are behind the dollar's rise in Iraqi markets
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Government source: Security tensions are behind the dollar's rise in Iraqi markets
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Today, Sunday, a government source attributed the rise in dollar prices in the local markets to the security tensions in the capital, Baghdad.
The source said in an interview with Shafaq News Agency, "What the Kifah Stock Exchange is witnessing now is the lack of supply compared to the demand for the dollar."
He added that "the exchange offices are now keeping the dollars, and citizens have resorted to buying dollars for fear of the current…
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