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Podcast: My FX Buddies
Episode: Iraq Economy Reels as U.S. Moves Against Money Flows to Iran
Description: Iraq Economy Reels as U.S. Moves Against Money Flows to Iran
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BAGHDAD—Iraqis are blaming an unexpected culprit for a weakening currency that has caused the price of food and imported goods to rise: a little-noticed policy change by the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
The New York Fed began enforcing tighter controls on international dollar transactions by commercial Iraqi banks in November, in a move to curtail money laundering and the illegal siphoning of dollars to Iran and other heavily sanctioned Middle East countries, U.S. a...