Iraq Market Monitor Report, Issue No. 27

Highlights

• Even though economic indicators are continuously improving, the number of internally displaced people remains high as remaining IDPs have concerns over returning to their places of origin.

• The price of the standard food basket notably decreased in Anbar, Wasit, and Basrah.

Increases were recorded in Najaf, Sulaimaniyah, and Qadisiya.

• The Alert for the Price Spikes (ALPS) continued to show alert level in Qadisiya, and stress in Anbar, Wasit, Muthanna, and for the first time in Sulaimaniyah.

• Although the wages of unskilled labour in December were stable in most governorates, Wage to Wheat terms of trade decreased in some governorates.