Central Bank of Iraq Auctions $160,416,451 on 06 November 2017
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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) currency auction on November 6 registered $160,416,451 in sales, a 14.67% volume increase from the US $139,895,918 sold by Iraqi Dinar, credit and transfer at the previous auction held on November 5.
The latest auction was attended by 45 banks and 9 remittance companies. The same institutions attended the auction held on November 6 compared to the previous auction.
Data for the November 6 auction was made public by CBI Announcement Number 3564.
Dollar sales in the in the period January 1, 2017 to November 6, 2017 saw an increase of 0.13% compared to the sales of US $13.9 billion in the same period in 2016. The total amount of US currency sold by CBI in the calendar year 2016 was US $14.55 billion.
An analysis of the monthly dollar sales by CBI since January 2016 reveals highly fluctuating volumes. During the period from January 2016 to November 2017, sales of US dollars averaged US $1.73 billion per month. Peak volumes were reached in May this year when sales touched US $2.3 billion.
| Year | Month | US dollar sales in billions | Increase/(decrease) compared to the previous month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | January | 2 | – |
| 2016 | February | 2.09 | 4% |
| 2016 | March | 1.95 | -7% |
| 2016 | April | 1.94 | -0% |
| 2016 | May | 2.09 | 8% |
| 2016 | June | 1.8 | -14% |
| 2016 | December | 0.4 | -78% |
| 2017 | January | 2.2 | 450% |
| 2017 | February | 2 | -9% |
| 2017 | March | 2.1 | 5% |
| 2017 | April | 1.8 | -14% |
| 2017 | May | 2.3 | 28% |
| 2017 | June | 0.6 | -74% |
| 2017 | July | 2.2 | 267% |
| 2017 | August | 2.1 | -5% |
| 2017 | September | 1 | -52% |
| 2017 | October | 2.2 | 120% |
| 2017 | November | 0.3 | -86% |