BaghdadIraq devalued the dinar to 1,500 per dollar, a central bank directive shows.
Nearly 8 million Iraqis paid in dinars now face dearer imported food and medicine.
Devaluing from 1,320 gives Baghdad about 13% more dinars per oil dollar as the Hormuz war cuts dollar income.
The 2020 devaluation set off inflation and protests in southern provinces.
How each outlet framed it
- The National
- links devaluation to budget crisis for 100,000 new public jobs; tiered pricing: 1,500/1,510/1,520 dinars per dollar
Sources: The National