Iraq central bank dollar sales rise 15% to $5.857 billion in June

According to Shafaq News, reporting official Central Bank of Iraq data on Thursday, August 6, 2026 (15 Mordad 1405), the CBI's foreign currency sales rose 15 percent in June to $5.857 billion from $5.092 billion in May. Most of the increase came from funding Iraqi banks' overseas accounts outside the CBI's former foreign currency sales window, which climbed 12.1 percent to $5.538 billion. Cash dollar sales more than doubled during the month, rising to $319 million from $151 million in May. In the first six months of 2026, the CBI's total foreign currency sales reached $25.91 billion, including $24.74 billion allocated to funding banks' overseas accounts and $1.17 billion in cash sales.