Shafaq News/ The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) auctioned more than $2 billion in foreign currency (forex) in January .
Shafaq News Agency correspondent said that the CBI foreign currency sales during the outgoing month amounted to $2,026,925,748, at an average of $92,132,988 per auction.
The transactions were made at a weighted average of 1460 dinars to one dollar.
Our correspondent said that credit and non-cash transactions funding international trade trumped by a huge margin the amount cashed out for local use.