Iraq: First and Second Reviews of the Staff-Monitored Program and Request for a Three-year Stand-By Arrangement-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Iraq

International Monetary Fund

No 2016/225, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This paper discusses Iraq’s First and Second Reviews of the Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) and Request for a Three-Year Stand-By Arrangement. The oil price decline has resulted in a massive reduction in Iraq’s budget revenue, pushing the fiscal deficit to an unsustainable level. The authorities are responding to the crisis with a mix of necessary fiscal adjustment and financing, maintaining their commitment to the exchange rate peg. The authorities started an SMP in November 2015 to establish a track record of policy credibility and pave the way to a possible IMF financing arrangement. Their performance under the SMP has been broadly satisfactory.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; Iraq; government; financing; ISIS funding; US$; oil revenue; oil-price shock; bringing expenditure; ISIS attack; CBI auction; IMF quota; financing of the government; Oil prices; Government finance statistics; Global (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 100
Date: 2016-07-14
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