Dinar Observer Daily

Samson – Dinar Guru   Article:  “OFFICIAL DATA : IRAQ WILL HAVE THE LOWEST COST OF LIVING IN THE ARAB WORLD IN 2026”
Quote:  “The UAE topped the list of countries with the highest cost of living in the Arab world…At the bottom of the list, Iraq ranked among the least expensive Arab countries to live in, scoring 28.4 points, ahead of Algeria (28.0 points), Syria (25.0 points), and Egypt (21.6 points).  Libya came in last with an index of 18.3 points…“

Jeff – Dinar Guru   They said the 2026 budget would be calculated off of currency valued at 1300 per US dollar…Thursday’s comments are misleading garbage…The rate right now on the central banks’ website live…is still at 1310.  They are misleading you guys. There isn’t a ’26 budget coming forward at 1300.  It’s not happening…Based on Iraq’s actions they have to change the rate.  They absolutely have to change the rate based on their actions alone…You can’t trust everything out of Iraq.  Sometimes you have to dive in deeper…

Samson – Dinar Guru  Article:  “COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF : WE HAVE FULFILLED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ACHIEVING FULL SOVEREIGNTY“

Mountain Goat – Dinar Guru   Article:  “UN ASSESSMENT: IRAQ TODAY IS UNRECOGNIZABLE COMPARED TO YEARS AGO”  Quote:  “The UN coordinator in Iraq, Ghulam Ishaq Zai, gave an optimistic assessment of the situation in the country, stressing that Iraq has strengthened confidence in its institutions and is moving steadily towards stability, while noting that the country has become “remarkable and unrecognizable” compared to what it was years ago.“

Jeff – Dinar Guru  Inside the budget it’ll show you the period of coverage for those.  There’s been some different theories on this, but the budgets themselves say that the period of coverage spans from January through December.  If that is  indeed their budget period that’s critical to the timing of a rate change.  Here’s why.  Budgets are calculated off the currency value.  The budget is also a law…The ’26 budget…has not been approved.  That’s because all aspects of that law have to exist such as the currency value that it’s calculated off of.  They also have not approved the ’25 amended budget either because the ’25 amendment budget was calculated off the new currency value, as is the new ’26 budget.  That’s the reason they cannot  approve those laws until the correct currency value exists that the budget was calculated off of.  Very simple.

Militia Man – Dinar Guru  Over delivery thrives on surprise.  In other words, the expectations are put out for a long period of time, they’re actually doing it faster and probably going to surprise us.

Samson – Dinar Guru Article: “TRADE IS MOVING TOWARDS REDUCING SOME TARIFFS IN PREPARATION FOR JOINING THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION”  

Sandy Ingram – Dinar Guru   Iraq more than likely has no interest, secretly in their hearts, in providing a profit to the different countries who participated in the 2003 invention and who are now holding million of Iraqi dinars, including the United States.

Jeff – Dinar Guru  Vietnam is a communist regime.  They have a dictator. They do what China does…They get into manufacturing and export.  They intentionally decrease and lower the value of the currency.  It’s to their advantage…to keep the value of their currency down…It’s not to Vietnam’s advantage to increase their currency value.  I don’t think they would increase the value of their currency until they change their government structure from communist dictator regime to a democracy.

Militia Man – Dinar Guru  The digital dinar is in full implementation with paper notes phasing out sometime in 2026…Think about the note count reduction.  Less supply is a key component…

Samson – Dinar Guru   Article:   “IRAQ WILL BE FIFTH AMONG ARAB COUNTRIES WITH THE LARGEST GAS RESERVES...”

Mountain Goat – Dinar Guru   Article:  “AN ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF THE CENTRAL BANK’S DECISION TO FIX THE DOLLAR
EXCHANGE RATE IN THE 2026 BUDGET”   So for the first time I have been in this investment the CBI has told us they fixed the budget to an exchange rate. It has been normal practice for the Finance Committee to fix the budget to the market price of oil or a little less for market variations in future. Why is this very good news for us today?  Let me explain…  [Post 1 of 2….stay tuned]

Mountain Goat – Dinar Guru  This shows us the country is slowly moving away from oil as the sole source of revenue and now even the budget is no longer evolving around oil. WOW!   They are moving to general terms of overall economic stability which means all revenue, including revenues from non-oil sources. WOW!  They are truly moving away from the sanctioned rules of everything evolving around oil. WOW!   [Post 2 of 2]

Sandy Ingram – Dinar Guru  Venezuela has deep ties with China, Russia and Iran…As long as they were holding hands with China and Russia the Western Hemisphere didn’t get too excited.  But when they started holding hands with Iran…the currency administration said, Uh-no, no, no, no, NO! …These relationships give non-western powers a foothold in the Western Hemisphere traditionally influenced by the US.  The US was not having it.  Venezuela holding hands with Iran was totally out of the question …The US said, ‘Ok, you crossed the line.  That’s it.  We’re coming to get your ass and we’re going to bring you back to the US to stand trial.’ …Venezuela is a country the world cannot afford to lose, just like Iraq…

Jeff – Dinar Guru  Obviously the rate change is waiting for the government to be formed and they can move forward…I’m looking for how fast are they going to do the presidential session of parliament, how fast are they going do the prime minister.  I’m looking for them to reselect Sudani.  Then I’m looking for him to reselect his cabinet…[Both] gets the formation of the government done extremely quick.

Clare – Dinar Guru  Article: “ ‘Trump Street’ in the heart of Tehran: A video sparks widespread controversy amid escalating protests”  Quote: “A video widely circulated on social media, showing a protesting citizen sticking a sticker bearing the name of US President Donald Trump on a street sign in the Iranian capital, Tehran, has sparked a wave of reactions and controversy…The video shows a person covering the original street name with a new sticker bearing the words ‘Trump Street,’ a move that some observers considered an expression of rejection of the Iranian authorities...”

Samson – Dinar Guru  Article:  “SUDANI : ENDING UNAMI’S WORK MEANS FULL INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF IRAQ’S ABILITY TO MANAGE ITS OWN AFFAIRS“

Mountain Goat – Dinar Guru  …along the way, at some time they will have to pull the trigger on the reinstatement project and get it done for any real revitalization of the financial sector to be successful … they…actually came out in recent months and outlined the entire plan for us all to see. It states first the removal of the zeros which leads to a revaluation and then a new peg and reinstatement.  Enough said…

Jeff – Dinar Guru   What we’re looking for is the timing and completion of the government.  What you want to observe is how fast they can do it…They’re suggesting formation is happening at record speed.

Samson – Dinar Guru   Article:  “TODAY … THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE SYRIAN CURRENCY BEGINS“

Militia Man – Dinar Guru  IMF, BIS, US Treasury, all of them validating…praising Iraq.  Iraq enters 2026 is not as being hopeful, it’s prepared.  I believe it’s stable.  I believe it’s positioned.  What they’ve done hasn’t been terribly loud, but it was deliberate.  I think it’s here.

Clare – Dinar Guru  Article:  “The dollar is breaking the dinar’s backbone: “Late” decisions are opening “the gates of hell” on Iraqis’ pockets”  Quote: “Over the past two or three days, the dollar has risen again on Iraq’s parallel market, reaching nearly 150,000 dinars per 100 dollars, while the official rate remains fixed at 1,320 dinars per dollar“

Sandy Ingram – Dinar Guru  The Iraqi government is slightly frightened and with good reason…We encourage you to connect the dots and it looks like we have a lot of dots to connect.  Iraq has suddenly become cautious about their agenda after what the administration did to Venezuela … The news media is already picking up on Iraq’s slight changes and responses to the fact that this administration is very different than the previous Democratic administration.  Unfortunately with war…the overall  picture becomes much clearer…This US administration is pushing forward with the promise of ending Iran-backed militants in Iraq in 2026.  This promise is concerning to Iraq…They now know that in the dead of night the US could change the landscape in Iraq.

Jeff – Dinar Guru  A meeting next week where the Central Bank will be joining parliament.  Why?  We have reforms coming forward…The reforms are rate change dependent…The huge basket of laws is also rate change dependent…They have tasks between them that overlap, such as the reforms… They’re trying to show you there’s now critical steps coming forward that require the rate to change.  They’re showing you that from so many angles…tax reforms, banking reforms…150+ laws…They have to start  working  together… All of this is coming together because the rate is about to change.

Samson – Dinar Guru   Article:  “THE DOLLAR IS BREAKING THE DINAR’S BACKBONE: ‘LATE’ DECISIONS ARE OPENING ‘THE GATES OF HELL’ ON IRAQIS’ POCKETS”  Article 2:   “THE DOLLAR IN IRAQ IS APPROACHING THE 150,000 DINAR MARK“

Militia Man – Dinar Guru   Article:  “BAHAA AL-ARAJI : AL-SUDANI IS THE MAN OF THE HOUR AND THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER“.  This is a strong indicator…that Al-Sudani has momentum for a second term. My view has been it would be cleaner for the REER transition and adjustment. I seriously like the push and the momentum I see for Al-Sudani second term!  I am not alone in this. It makes the most sense and is seen as the cleanest way to move the country forward.

Clare – Dinar Guru  Article:  “A second term through the gateway of stability“: The State of Law coalition supports renewing confidence in al-Sudani for “the benefit of Iraq”  Quote:  “On Monday (January 5, 2026), MP Jassim Al-Alawi, from the State of Law Coalition, affirmed his support for renewing Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani’s term for a second term, stressing that this choice stems from the supreme interest of Iraq and the preservation of political and service stability.“

Jeff – Dinar Guru   The Iraq news is now showing you that the dollar is increasing to concerning higher levels. 

Samson – Dinar Guru  Article: “GLOBALLY, IRAQ IS AMONG THE TOP 4 COUNTRIES WITH THE LARGEST OIL RESERVES“

Samson – Dinar Guru   Article:  “THE IRAQI MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TAKES OVER THE INTEGRATED UNITED NATIONS COMPLEX IN BAGHDAD“