Iraq

On November 27, Iraq's parliament finally passed the bilateral security pact with the US. Lawmakers approved the agreement by a margin of 149 to 49 (with 77 members of parliament... 2008-11-28

Today (November 27), in line with BMI's view, Iraq's parliament finally passed the bilateral security pact with the US, after the vote was delayed from yesterday due to ongoing, and... 2008-11-27

Tomorrow (November 26), the Iraqi parliament is due to vote on the contentious security pact with the US, which calls for all US combat troops to be withdrawn by the end of 2011.... 2008-11-25

On November 3, the Central Bank of Iraq cut interest rates by 100bps, to 15.0%. It has cut its policy rate from 20.0% in February 2008 to 15.0% at present, and we forecast end-2008... 2008-11-20

As we had expected it to, the Iraqi government approved a security pact with Washington governing the future of the US troop presence in the country on Sunday (November 16). The Iraqi... 2008-11-17

For the past few months we have pencilled in a January 2009 date for Iraq's delayed provincial elections to finally take place; our expectations were duly confirmed yesterday (November... 2008-11-10

Quarterly Tables For Iraq

Real GDP will grow by an average 7.4% annually over the next five years, on the back of increasing oil output and strong growth in the non-oil sector.

We do not expect that US President-elect Barack Obama will instigate a rapid draw down of American forces in Iraq once he assumes office in January 2009 as he will be wary of jeopardising... 2008-11-06

While some blame al-Qaeda and associated Sunni insurgents, there have been suggestions that Kurdish groups are responsible for the ethnic cleansing of Christians in Mosul, which has... 2008-11-06