Intelligence Reports

Long form analysis on the questions nobody else has the data to answer.

Each report takes a single structural question in the Iraqi economy and works it through to an operating conclusion, with every figure sourced, dated and reconciled. Previews are open. The full reports are available on request.

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FlagshipThe Real Cost of Energy

Iraq Has Not Changed an Energy Price Since December, and That Is Why the Real Cost of Energy Moved

Petrol has sat at exactly 850 dinars a litre on all 66 GENQ observation dates since 13 March 2026 and the power tariff has not moved since 1 December 2025, yet the same litre costs 64.9 US cents to one buyer and 55.8 to another.

4,823 words7 charts22 min12 August 2026Sector Vitality now reads 40 against a national composite of 44.3, as at 19 October 2026.

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FlagshipHousing Market

Iraq Counts More Dwellings Than Households and Still Claims a Five Million Unit Deficit. The Gap Is Finance.

Iraq's 2024 census records 8.34 million dwellings against 8.05 million households, yet the state's stated shortfall has risen to about 5 million units, while buyers at Bismayah who have already paid a 10 percent deposit cannot complete because the lending bank has no money.

5,500 words7 charts25 min12 August 2026Sector Vitality now reads 45 against a national composite of 44.3, as at 19 October 2026.

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FlagshipCapital Pipeline

Iraq Has $217.9 Billion of Announced Projects and Spent IQD 236 Billion on Capital in May

GENQ tracks 78 Iraqi projects worth $217.9 billion of which three are complete, while the state that must fund a quarter of them spent 236 billion dinars on capital expenditure in the whole of May 2026, an 87 percent fall against the 2025 monthly average.

5,024 words7 charts23 min12 August 2026Sector Vitality now reads 45 against a national composite of 44.3, as at 19 October 2026.

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How these are sourced

Figures are drawn from the GENQ data estate: the Iraq Business Viability Index, the Sector Vitality Radar, the GENQ Project Tracker, the GENQ Iraq Sector Map, the GENQ risk model and GENQ exchange rate monitoring, alongside external sources named inline with their publication date. Index readings are point in time and are revised as new data is acquired. Where coverage is partial, the coverage rate is published rather than hidden.

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