A Thesis Submitted By
Haneen sami hadi
To the Board of the Faculty of Management and Economics – Karbala University, which is part of the requirements of obtaining a master’s degree in economics
Supervisor By
Prof. Dr. Mahdi S. Gailan Al-Jebouri
The exchange rate policies are considered one of the most important economic tools in the country due to their impact on the changes in the indicators of the Iraqi macroeconomics. Exports and an increase in imports, and then an increase in the deficit in the trade balance. Also, the rise in the foreign exchange rate against the local currency leads to a rise in the prices of imports of foreign goods in exchange for a decrease in the prices of exports of domestic goods, which leads to an increase in exports, a decrease in imports, and a decrease in the deficit in the trade balance. The study focused on analyzing the impact of exchange rate policies in the Iraqi economy on the most important variables in the macroeconomy during the study period (1991-2021), given that this period included many changes. During this period, the government adopted several policies and programs for economic reform, including exchange rate policies.
And economic crises as a result of the events taking place in Iraq.
Where it adopted the fixed exchange rate system during the nineties of the twentieth century, and then the exchange rate policy changed after 2003 because of the impact of these policies on the change in the growth rates of the gross domestic product, as well as the amount of money supply and the correction of the imbalance in the trade balance.
The study was divided into three chapters, the first chapter focused on reviewing the theoretical framework of the exchange rate policies, while the second chapter dealt with the analysis of the exchange rate change and some variables in the Iraqi economy, and the third chapter dealt with measuring the impact of the exchange rate on some economic variables using (Eviews12).
