The International
Monetary Fund said President Rouhani’s policies of reducing
energy subsidies along with easing of international sanctions have helped to
steady Iranian economy and cut inflation.
“The process of stabilization has taken hold and we do see the results already in a dramatic improvement in inflation,” Masood Ahmed, director of IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia department, told reporters in Tehran. (Bloomberg, 6 August)
Iran’s $400 billion economy is forecast by the Fund to expand 1.5 percent this year, after two years of contraction. Ahmed said that the lifting of some sanctions under a preliminary nuclear accord reached in November has helped the recovery.
“The process of stabilization has taken hold and we do see the results already in a dramatic improvement in inflation,” Masood Ahmed, director of IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia department, told reporters in Tehran. (Bloomberg, 6 August)
Iran’s $400 billion economy is forecast by the Fund to expand 1.5 percent this year, after two years of contraction. Ahmed said that the lifting of some sanctions under a preliminary nuclear accord reached in November has helped the recovery.
According to the statistics being used by IMF, Iran's improved inflation figures started late in Ahmadinejad's second term, not during the Rouhani administration.
ReplyDeleteReally, it would be more accurate to state that the Rouhani administration has succeeded in sustaining improved inflation figures.
More opportunities for Iran's economy appear on the horizon with the lifting of sanctions (particularly EU), and with the economic conflict opening up between the West ad Russia.
I believe your interpretation is incorrect. The slowdown in inflation during the previous administration was due to a significant slowdown in the economy. The current slowdown in inflation is taking place amid a small pickup in the economy. A Different set of policy tools is at work here.
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