Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) has handed over a proposed package to the government on the country’s 7th five-year Development Plan.
In its latest update, the International Monetary Fund announced Iran as the 22nd biggest world economy in 2022 among 193 countries under review, IRNA reported.
Figures by the Iranian government’s statistics agency show the country’s jobless rate rose 0.3% in the quarter to March 20 compared to the same period last year to reach 9.7%.
Iran’s Government Spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi says that the head of the Planning and Budget Organization and the agriculture minister have been replaced in a reshuffle in the economic team of the cabinet.
The World Bank has predicted a 2% growth for the Iranian economy in 2023.
Minimum wages will increase by 27% in the new Iranian year that started on March 21.
Iran experienced an average annual inflation rate of 46.5% in the last fiscal year that ended on March 20, 2023, according to the Central Bank of Iran.
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) in its latest figures has put the country’s foreign debt at $6.497 billion, down by more than a fourth compared to figures announced in late March 2022.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has named the Persian New Year the year of "Inflation Control, and Growth in Production."
Figures by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) show the country’s economy grew by 5.3% year on year in the three calendar months to December 21, 2022.