mniraq - The Central Bank of Iraq's foreign currency sales rose during September to reach 4.021 billion dollars, with an increase of 324 million dollars and a growth rate of 8.8% compared to the previous month. Central Bank data showed that sales were distributed between 249 million dollars in cash and 3.772 billion dollars to strengthen bank balances abroad.
The total sales of foreign currency during the first nine months of the year reached about 39.294 billion dollars, distributed between 1.988 billion dollars in cash and 37.306 billion dollars to reinforce bank balances. Sales had reached 80.363 billion dollars during the previous year, compared to 77.652 billion dollars the year before.
