据海湾时报网站12月20日消息 伊拉克央行表示，该行已将美元对银行和货币交易所的销售价格从1182第纳尔上调至1460第纳尔，以弥补原油价格低导致的石油收入下降。
伊拉克中央银行表示，第纳尔贬值的关键原因是为了缩小2021年预算通胀扩大的缺口，此前全球油价是伊拉克财政资源的主要来源。
伊拉克中央银行在一份声明中称：“由于冠状病毒大流行，伊拉克遭受的金融危机导致石油价格下跌，使得石油收入减少，联邦预算出现巨额赤字。”
该行表示，这一贬值决定是一项先发制人的举措，旨在防止“耗尽伊拉克的外汇储备”，并帮助政府确保公务员的工资。
伊拉克95%的收入依赖石油。
上一次贬值是在2015年12月，当时伊拉克将美元的销售价格从1166第纳尔提高到1182第纳尔。
吴恒磊 编译自 海湾时报
原文如下：
Iraq devalues dinar as lower oil prices squeeze revenue
Iraq’s central bank increased the sale price of US dollars to banks and currency exchanges to 1,460 dinars, from 1,182 dinars, seeking to compensate for a decline in oil revenue due to low crude prices, the bank has said.
The central bank of Iraq said the key reason behind the dinar’s devaluation was to close the gap of widened 2021 budget inflation after a collapse in global oil prices, a major source of Iraq’s financial resources.
“The financial crisis which Iraq suffered due to the coronavirus pandemic caused a decline in oil prices that caused decreasing oil revenues, altogether have caused a large deficit in the federal budget,” the central bank said in a statement.
The devaluation decision came as a pre-emptive move to prevent “draining Iraq’s foreign reserves” and help government to secure public servants’ salaries, the bank said.
Iraq depends on oil revenue for 95% of its income.
The last devaluation was in December 2015 when it raised the sale price of US dollars to 1,182 dinars from 1,166.