BAGHDAD / The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday that Iraq's economy will maintain its annual growth rate of 2.2 percent over the next five years, ending in 2023. The IMF's latest report on the prospects for global economic growth shows that GDP growth The real rate of the Iraqi economy by the end of this year is expected to reach 1.5%. The economic growth rate is expected to reach 6.5% in 2019. The IMF is likely to stabilize the inflation rate in the country at 2.2% this year and next year.