The exchange rate for the US dollar compared to the Iraqi dinar continued its upward trajectory on Thursday in Iraq.

Latest US dollar exchange rates against the Iraqi dinar in Baghdad, Erbil, and Basra, compared to the official Central Bank rate.

Iraq’s Central Bank Governor Ali al-Alaq said there are no plans to change the dinar’s exchange rate, stressing that the bank’s foreign reserves remain strong and that recent market speculation is ...

A friend of mine, a woman with some good sense, told me about a couple who had been persuaded to buy dinars, the Iraqi currency, as a great investment. I thought she was joking and started laughing.