Is Iraq Entering A Financial Crisis? 💸 What Happens to Salaries?

My FX Buddies · Dec 27, 2025 · 33m

Iraq is facing new financial pressure — a growing deficit, rising

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debt, and talk of borrowing to secure salaries. Outgoing PM Al-Sudani’s recent comments have intensified concerns:

👉 Is Iraq entering an economic crisis?

👉 Could borrowing impact employee salaries & purchasing power?

👉 Is removing the three zeros a solution — or a risk?

In today’s episode we break down:

💸 Why the deficit is growing

📉 Why experts warn of “structural imbalance”

🛢️ Iraq’s 90% dependence on imports & oil

💵 What borrowing could mean for the dinar

⚠️ Why the private sector remains too weak…