Shafaq News-Baghdad
Iraq's grossdomestic product (GDP) at current prices reached 82.1 trillion dinars (about $63B) inthe fourth quarter of 2025, according to early warning indicators by theNational Accounts Department of the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) atthe Ministry of Planning.
Excluding oil,GDP stood at 53.9 trillion dinars ($41.5B), a measure of activity in thenon-oil sectors of an economy that derives the bulk of its state revenue fromcrude exports.
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The statebudget ran a deficit of 8.9 trillion dinars ($6.8B) over the same period. Theofficial exchange rate held at 1,300 dinars to the US dollar.
Banking AndMarkets
Total bankcredit extended reached 75.6 trillion dinars (about $58.2B). Trading volume onthe regular market of the Iraq Stock Exchange came to roughly 0.1 trilliondinars, or about 77 million dollars.
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The bankingsector recorded a decline in cash assets and a contraction in the money supply,in both its narrow and broad measures, according to the report.
Trade AndEnergy
Fallingmerchandise exports pulled down the net trade balance, leaving a trade surplusof four billion dollars for the quarter.
Domesticelectricity generation totaled 35,529,823 megawatt hours. Iraq imported afurther 295,609 megawatt hours to cover shortfalls in the national grid overthe same period.
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