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      <title>Iraq Central Bank Policy Aims to Limit Inflation</title>
      <description>Iraq Central Bank Governor said that the policy of the Bank is based on enticing the funds to Iraqi banks and not the other way round and that in order to limit the financial inflation in Iraq.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69036/refid/RSS-economy-12-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Iraq Expects to Step Up T-bill Activity in 2010</title>
      <description>Iraq expects to step up its treasury bill activity in 2010 to help plug continuing budget deficits and foster a secondary treasury market, the Central Bank and Finance Ministry said in a submission to the IMF.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69028/refid/RSS-economy-12-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Symposium to Discuss Trade, Investment in Karbala</title>
      <description>The Chamber of Commerce in Karbala has held a symposium to discuss trade and investment in the province, the chamber’s head said on Wednesday.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69017/refid/RSS-economy-12-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>ISX Index Slightly Up, Closes at 99.2 Points</title>
      <description>The Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX) index went up slightly on Wednesday by 0.08% to close at 99.2 points as rates of shares of 12 out of a total of 40 companies traded during today’s session went up.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69016/refid/RSS-economy-12-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Investment Gap ID36 Trillion in 2010</title>
      <description>The investment gap in Iraq in 2010 is ID 36 trillion, an economist said on Wednesday.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69015/refid/RSS-economy-12-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Dollar Sales Jump to $181m on Wednesday</title>
      <description>The Central Bank of Iraq’s (CBI) dollar sales jumped to $181.850 million in its daily auction on Wednesday, compared to $85.010 million in the previous session.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69012/refid/RSS-economy-12-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Claims to Trace the 850 Billion Dinars Dedicated As Social Benefits of the Three Presidential Bodies</title>
      <description>The Accountability and Transparency Department, non-governmental organization, at the center of the mirrors for Studies and Media, held a seminar on promoting standards of financial transparency and the foundations of the budget, at the club staff...</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68986/refid/RSS-economy-12-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>ISX Index Up by 1.2% to Close at 99 Points</title>
      <description>The Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX) index went up on Tuesday by 1.2% to close at 99 points as rates of shares of 13 out of a total of 37 companies traded during today’s session went up.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68949/refid/RSS-economy-12-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Cabinet Proposes Allocation of Part of Oil Revenues to Producing Provinces</title>
      <description>The Iraqi Council of Ministers proposed to Parliament that part of the oil revenues be allocated to provinces that produce oil.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68947/refid/RSS-economy-12-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>CBI’s Dollar Sales Drop to 85m on Tuesday</title>
      <description>The Central Bank of Iraq’s (CBI) dollar sales fell to $85.010 million in its daily auction on Tuesday, compared to $183.530 million in the previous session.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68946/refid/RSS-economy-12-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Khuzestan Exports $421m Goods to Iraq</title>
      <description>In the eleven-month period ending February 19 over 1.5 million tons of goods worth some $421 were exported to Iraq from Khuzestan Province, southwest of Iran.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68802/refid/RSS-economy-12-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Baghdad 2010 Budget Hits $1 Billion</title>
      <description>The government has earmarked nearly $1 billion to redevelop Baghdad, Baghdad governor said.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68851/refid/RSS-economy-12-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Iraq Signs 4 Contracts to Buy 209000 Tonnes of Rice</title>
      <description>Iraq Ministry of Trade said that it approved 4 contracts to buy 209000 tons of rice from USA Pakistan, Vietnam and Thailand. A source in the Ministry of Trade said that the contracts were signed thru government public tenders.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68918/refid/RSS-economy-12-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>South Korea Regains Its Investment Role in Iraq</title>
      <description>Visions of the world head towards Iraq for investment opportunities after improvement in legally and security , and able to attract different foreign companies .. The presence of the Minister of the Korean economy, accompanied by a large number of...</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68807/refid/RSS-economy-12-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>ISX Index Up 4.6 Points This Week, Trading Stops During Vote</title>
      <description>The Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX) index rose by 4.6 points to close at 97.9 points in trading that exceeded 10 billion Iraqi dinars ($8.8 million) as the national money market activities will stop for the election period.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68762/refid/RSS-economy-12-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>CBI’s Dollar Sales Go Down by 27% This Week</title>
      <description>The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) dollar sales went down this week by 27% because of the election vacation to reach $475.274 million compared to $642.851 million last week.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68761/refid/RSS-economy-12-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>CBI Cancels Sessions for Elections</title>
      <description>The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) decided to cancel its dollar sales because of the elections holiday, a CBI’s media source said on Thursday.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68619/refid/RSS-economy-12-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Unity on Economy the Key</title>
      <description>Despite the many differences among competing political parties, blocs, movements and entities in the forthcoming elections over Iraq’s future, they all share similar solutions for the economy. Economic liberalisation, privatisation and increased...</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68569/refid/RSS-economy-12-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Iraq To Receive World Bank Loan</title>
      <description>The World Bank, on February 25, 2010, approved a Development Policy Loan to the government of Iraq in support of the country’s efforts to mitigate the impact of the current fiscal crisis on the national economy, and support its medium-term economic...</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68553/refid/RSS-economy-12-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>No Plans to Make ID1000 = $1 – CBI</title>
      <description>There are no plans to make the exchange rate of ID1,000 equal to $1, Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) said on Wednesday.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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