{
  "id": 16567215,
  "title": "Iraq's biggest ever budget for 2027 built for boom times amid economic bust",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/iraqs-biggest-ever-budget-for-2027-built-for-boom-times-amid-economic",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T05:49:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
    "slug": "the-national-business",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/economy/2026/10/26/iraqs-biggest-ever-budget-for-2027-built-for-boom-times-amid-economic-bust/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Iraq is debating a draft federal budget for 2027 that would be the biggest in its history, but the plan is also the most detached from the country's financial reality. The bill, a copy of which was seen by The National , looks like a welfare-state budget drafted for a stable time, not an austerity plan for a government in the middle of its worst financial crisis in years. The total public…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}