Alsumaria News / Baghdad
confirmed the International Monetary Fund , on Wednesday, that the reserves of Iraq in hard currency dropped to $ 54 billion at the end of 2015, indicating that Iraq is continuing to make progress under the program , which is monitored by experts of the Fund. The IMF said in a statement Sumerian received News copy him that " the real GDP shrank by -2.1% in 2015 due to the ongoing armed conflict with al Daash and who continues strained the resources of Iraq, in addition to the sharp drop in oil prices which caused the occurrence of large external shock in the balance of payments and revenues of the budget, resulting in to disrupt the movement of trade and declining investor confidence level. "