{"id":13696,"date":"2017-04-18T09:40:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T14:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/observer\/?p=13696"},"modified":"2017-04-18T13:38:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T18:38:37","slug":"dinar-observer-daily-april-18th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dinarupdates.com\/observer\/?p=13696","title":{"rendered":"DINAR OBSERVER DAILY April 18th"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mawazin.net\/uploads\/files\/2017\/April%20-%204\/18-4\/23.jpg?resize=628%2C353\" width=\"628\" height=\"353\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Jabouri Announces project to employ thousands of unemployed in Iraq<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>The speaker said Salim Jabouri, Tuesday, a lawmaker for the Government to hire thousands of unemployed graduates and others in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Al-jibouri said during a speech at the College of the University of Diyala and Mesopotamia vassal,\/balance of news\/that still provide us education machine thousands of graduates each year with no clear mechanism to accommodate these numbers and invest in supporting national development which accumulated huge numbers of unemployed who are getting every year. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">BGG (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0[<em>Do you think that the IMF meeting with the CBI and GOI this weekend could be the GO\/No Go meeting for the Revalue of Iraq&#8217;s currency<\/em>?]\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>&#8230;<u>IMHO it looks as if all these &#8220;talks&#8221; will happen first &#8211; THEN the Executive Board will decide and vote on, what to do<\/u><\/strong><u>.<\/u>\u00a0 &#8230;the next few days are going to be very, very full of activity. Followed up by the IMF Executive Board.\u00a0\u00a0<strong> I&#8217;m saying &#8211; <u>the end of April&#8230; up through about the 29th &#8211; is a VERY BUSY TIME for Iraq and the world financial overseers.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">BGG (Dinar Guru) &#8211; <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> [&#8230;<em>what your thoughts on that no float&#8230;.I did some research and there are advantages and cons about a pegged rate.\u00a0I read if theyd come out low it will help with trade but on the other hand it could raise inflation<\/em>.]\u00a0<strong> Not could &#8211; will&#8230;it would start an inflationary trend that might not be easy to stop.\u00a0 <u>IMHO &#8211; it will be a &#8220;managed float&#8221; &#8211; meaning: it will look so much like a fixed rate &#8211; it might as well be fixed.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">MadDScout (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0[<em>Do you think that the IMF meeting with the CBI and GOI this weekend could be the GO\/No Go meeting for the Revalue of Iraq&#8217;s currency<\/em>?]\u00a0<strong> I will offer that it is a very important meeting.\u00a0 With the frozen funds coming back on line in June seems strategic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.club\/mobile\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbmfiles.com\/Mar2017\/170321-xmXKYBKDNHwR.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Breitling (Dinar Guru) &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\u2026Think about all the numbers we\u2019ve been watching over the years\u2026we knew what we needed to look for\u2026<strong><u>We always talked about the note count.<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0 The note count has to be going down.\u00a0 <strong>At it\u2019s peak when I got into the dinar\u2026it was 15 trillion dinar\u2026<u>NOT NOTES<\/u>\u2026<u>dinar<\/u>.<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong><u>The max Iraq has had is 9 Billion notes which represented about 30 trillion dinar.<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0 So what does that mean?\u00a0 If you have 1 note that\u2019s worth 25k and one note that\u2019s worth 10k, you can see how there are more dinar than there are notes and that\u2019s why we need to be able to parse those numbers to understand exactly what\u2019s going on.\u00a0<strong> But the total was 30 trillion dinar out there and they brought that number down by reducing the note count.\u00a0 So what are we at today?<\/strong>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Chattels (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<strong> Isis \u2018minister of war\u2019 is killed by allied airstrike in Mosul.<\/strong>\u00a0 The highest ranking Islamic State commander in Mosul, described as the jihadists\u2019 minister of war, has been killed in an airstrike.<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">BGG (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Central Bank Governor: no room to cancel the sale of the dollar window, if canceled, the exchange rate has become 3 or 4 thousand, and perhaps more<\/em>&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0 Article quote:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>On the prospects of floating Aldenarabraghi, similar to other countries in the region, <u>Keywords said that it is Matrouh sealed now, and we are working on editing currency and not float, a large difference between the two<\/u><\/em>&#8221;\u00a0<strong> that is a BIG ARTICLE&#8230;there won&#8217;t be any FLOAT&#8230; (no float). PERIOD.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>&#8220;Flash Cast LIVE&#8221; session Sunday afternoon \u00a0w\/BGG<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Flash-Chat-Live.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24771 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Flash-Chat-Live.jpg?resize=489%2C489\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"489\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.pr\/JxVp\"><em><strong>Click here for Video Replay<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">1bobby (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Parliamentary economy talks about the provisions of the law &#8220;Trademarks<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0<strong> As we delved further into what we are seeing is a WTO requirement.<\/strong> The TRIPS Agreement within the WTO guidelines mainly deals with intellectual property protections, it also go into trademark issues.<strong> Some ask if this needed for an RV. <u>What it is needed for is promoting trade which is one of the pillars that influences exchange rates.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>UNDP to Implement E-Tendering system in Iraq<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0 Quote:\u00a0 &#8220;<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em>The UN Development Programme (UNDP)\u2019s Iraq Country Office has announced that, starting 1st May 2017, all procurement processes will be conducted using an online E-Tendering system (Electronic Tendering Platform)<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0<u><strong>\u00a0 Good to see.\u00a0 More electronic, less corruption.<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\"> 1bobby (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Iraq and Kuwait to discuss mechanisms for achieving economic complementarity<\/em>&#8221; \u00a0 When they speak of &#8220;mechanisms&#8221; that means that the substance(s) of the agreement have been met, now they are looking towards implementation. Kuwait and the other ME Countries are learning that they can not survive by oil alone and they need to open the doors to more of a non oil revenue based economy.\u00a0\u00a0<strong> Iraq has lifted a ban that basically gives the right to Kuwati citizens the right to own property and invest in Iraq.\u00a0 Now Iraq wants the same from Kuwait.\u00a0 <u>Kuwait calls Iraq &#8220;<em>An important and promising marke<\/em>t<\/u>&#8220;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iraqidev.org\/news\/thumbnail.php?file=20131020_161449_808004735.jpg&amp;size=article_medium\" width=\"335\" height=\"222\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The Baghdad International Fair is due to open at its 44th session<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>The Ministry of Commerce announced the launch of the Baghdad International Fair in the next 44 session for a period of twelve days, the opening of this session, which was scheduled in early November coincides with the visit of the forty martyrdom of Imam Hussein peace be upon him.<\/p>\n<p>Engineer Hashem Mohammed Hatem, Director General of the General Company for Exhibitions and Commercial Services of Iraq, said that the ministry has submitted the date of the 44th session of the Baghdad International Fair for a period of twelve days, to be 21-30 \/ 10\/2017 instead of the first of next November.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f6\/Flag_of_Iraq.svg\/255px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png\" alt=\"Image result\" width=\"452\" height=\"301\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>DayTrader<\/strong>, a News Researcher for <strong>DinarUpdates.com<\/strong>, recently had some interesting commentary.<\/p>\n<p>Here are his thoughts:<\/p>\n<p>Article 140 is much more complex than many realize. If you read Article 140 in the Iraq constitution, it refers to Article 58 of the Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period that outlines all the steps that must be completed. This was a document constructed by Paul Bremmer to be used until a permanent constitution could be developed and ratified by Iraq. Article 58 states:<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><em><strong>Read More: <a href=\"http:\/\/dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">BGG (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 [&#8230;<em>I saw the ad for Zain prepaid phone cards in denominations of 250, 500, and 1000 IQD. I would assume they would be similar to 25, 50, and 100 dollar cards. Is this then telling us they are removing 1 zero and not 3? Not sure what to think<\/em>.]\u00a0<strong> Could just be moving toward increased value.\u00a0 I highly doubt they &#8220;take off one zero&#8221; since the whole &#8220;three zeros project&#8221; isn&#8217;t about nominal value &#8211; or moving the decimal point.<u> It&#8217;s about increasing the value.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Jubouri Kubiche: The victory of the security forces returned to the political stability of the country<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<strong> ..<u>.if Iraq was waiting for this (as they have said over and over) then yes, it should be a sign of good things to come.<\/u>\u00a0 That being said, I continue to believe the CBI must meet compliance with the IMF before anything currency related can occur<\/strong>&#8230; and they are not in compliance.<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<strong> Delegation from US Congress visiting Iraq says&#8230;&#8221;<em>Iraq on the verge of a big boom<\/em>.&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Follow us on twitter @DinarUpdates !!<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/images-11.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"images (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/images-11.jpg?resize=133%2C130\" alt=\"follow Dinar Updates on twitter\" width=\"133\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dinar Updates &#8211; &#8220;NEWS TIME&#8221; w\/MadDScout &amp; the Facebook Crew &#8211; April 20th \u00a06:30pm CST &#8211; In the DU CHAT Room!!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.DinarUpdates.com<\/a> &#8211; save as favorite<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Loop (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 <em>&#8220;Head of the IMF mission&#8217;s (term) interest peg to the dollar rather than a large reduction of the Iraqi economy<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0 The head of the IMF mission in Iraq is answering questions.\u00a0 <strong>THe IMF is saying that to decrease the value of the dinar against the dollar would only lead to inflation and that the CBI has the needed reserves to support the economy<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 [<em>we certainly dont want it devalued any more.<\/em>]\u00a0<strong> It won&#8217;t. THere is no reason for it. Their economy is expanding so why on earth would the throw it into reverse?\u00a0 Just like I do not think a float is going to happen.<\/strong>\u00a0 They also are saying that there is no issue with the debt that they have taken on to support the country as long as the follow the process as outlined in the SBA.<\/p>\n<p>____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">BGG (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 The BIGGEST article of the day&#8230;\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Director of the Issuance Department of the Central Bank: Printed currency volume exceeds 11 billion and 600 million dinars<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0 (the title is a little weak for the content of the article)&#8230;<strong><u>the title should have read RV- RV- RV!!<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong> Quote:\u00a0<strong> &#8220;<em>Most of the Iraqi Central Bank steps are subject to political and legal environment of the country, especially in regard to the deletion of zeros<\/em>&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 &#8230;this is what you are after &#8211; EXACTLY. PERIOD.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 it&#8217;s isn&#8217;t a removing of the 000 from the notes&#8230;it isn&#8217;t a changing of the DECIMAL POINT&#8230;it isn&#8217;t a change in the nominal value&#8230;<strong><u>IT&#8217;S A CHANGING OF THE REAL VALUE and A BRINGING IN OF THE BIG NOTES&#8230; &#8220;&#8230;deleting the big 000 notes from the market place&#8221; \u00a0= RV.<\/u>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> [post 1 of 2&#8230;.stay tuned]<\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">BGG (Dinar Guru) &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/strong> <strong>&#8230;they have no intent on bringing out any bigger note classes &#8211; THEY DON&#8217;T NEED IT&#8230; value is going the other way<\/strong>&#8230;nowhere in there does it mention Article 140 &#8211; HCL &#8211; or anything else&#8230; nor does it bother to mention any laws needing passed&#8230; just a few changes. (aka &#8211; AMENDMENTS)\u00a0 [<em>Also key phrase is &#8220;where it should be FOLLOWED by&#8221; Meaning the laws should be changed AFTER<\/em>.]\u00a0 <u><strong>BINGO!\u00a0 money first &#8211; laws AFTER!\u00a0<em> why?<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/u><strong><u>They need to get this done now<\/u>!<\/strong> This is about as much heads up as they are willing to give anyone&#8230;if they change the laws ahead of time &#8211; EVERYONE WILL KNOW.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BIGGEST PIECE YET&#8230;here it comes&#8230;\u00a0 &#8220;<u><strong><em>On the other hand, the technical preparations are underway by us.<\/em><\/strong><\/u>&#8221;\u00a0 Meaning &#8211; on the other side of everything he&#8217;s said so far&#8230; <u><strong>they are and have been already making technical preparations (by the CBI).<\/strong>\u00a0 Pretty plain &#8211; if you ask me&#8230;pretty huge news.<\/u>..\u00a0\u00a0 [post\u00a02 of 2]<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/123flashchat.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbmfiles.com\/Mar2017\/170321-xoe7EEYbvnrw.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">MadDScout (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Rasheed Bank directs its branches to open documentary credits to public and private sector companies<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0 Another way of getting business used to the banks.\u00a0 <strong>There is gobs of banking reform news out there.\u00a0\u00a0 ..<u>.it has not always been this way.\u00a0<\/u> These are the many gears that are turning\u00a0 So to ask about hold ups is to not have a good grasp on what this whole situation encompasses.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Delta\u00a0(Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0<strong>\u00a0 <u>MASTERCARD SHOWING IQD NOW.\u00a0 1 IQD = 0.000888 USD.\u00a0 ANOTHER ONE IS SHOWING NOW BLOOMBERG<\/u><\/strong>&#8230;COME ON CBI JUST DO IT.<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">MadDScout (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 [<em>As w<\/em>e<em> look for signals of a rate change coming, are there any similarities we can find with other countries who have been through this<\/em>?]\u00a0 <strong>&#8230;I would say this is a very unique situation, as compared with other countries situations, and as BGG put&#8217;s it, &#8220;there is no actionable intel&#8221;.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/thelowcarbblog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbmfiles.com\/Mar2017\/170314-uvPZyHni2YZr.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thelowcarbblog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Eat Well &#8211; Lose Weight!!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/show.jpg?resize=414%2C290\" width=\"414\" height=\"290\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Director of the Issuance Department of the Central Bank: Printed currency volume exceeds 11 billion and 600 million dinars<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Most of the Iraqi Central Bank steps are subject to political and legal environment of the country , especially in regard to the deletion of zeros that counted specialists in the earlier trend sensitive and dangerous may still be , but the central remains the most important institution in terms of the need to adjust the financial management in light of the financial crisis experienced by the the Iraqi economy, which must have to deal with dilemmas , whether with regard to the citizen or the work of the central bank itself.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Read more:<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">1bobby (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Office: Abadi agreed with the delegation of the Kurdistan Region to remove obstacles that prevented the activation of Article 140<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0 <strong>The infamous Art 140 is in the Constitution, just not activated and or implemented<\/strong>. Now 140 does not cover all of Iraq, just Kirkuk and the disputed territories, Kikuk being ground zero.\u00a0 <u><strong>With Abadi agreeing to remove all obstacles to implement 140 is a HUGE step forward and something the Kurds can work with.<\/strong><\/u> Now while there are numerous cities\/districts covered under 140, Kirkuk is the main concern. Kirkuk sits atop one of the largest oil reserves in Iraq, most reports estimate over 40 billion barrels of oil.\u00a0<strong>\u00a0&#8230;<u>If Abadi is willing to remove the obstacles, then the Kurds will control Kirkuk. This action does not require a Parliamentary vote since it&#8217;s already in the Constitution.<\/u><\/strong> <strong>What Baghdad wants is what the constitution states &#8220;<em>All oil within Iraq belongs to all Iraqi&#8217;s<\/em>&#8220;&#8230;So if the Kurds get what they want, Baghdad will want all oil proceeds to flow thru Baghdad and then %&#8217;s will be distributed accordingly.<\/strong>\u00a0 We&#8217;ll just have to let this play out and see what they do, not what they say.<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\"> MadDScout (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong> [<em>What&#8217;s left before NEEDED to be taken off programmed rate<\/em>?]\u00a0 Answer: <strong>That is what we are watching for. <u>But from CBI (Alak&#8217;s) view, they are looking for stability&#8230;social, political, economic, security, take your pick as to how much of each of those goes into the criterion they are looking toward.<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong> Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>The call for legislation of &#8220;important&#8221; laws before the end of the parliamentary session<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Quotes:\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;<em><u>The oil and gas laws, the Reconstruction Council, the Federal Service Council and the Federal Court Act, as well as the amending law of the amnesty law, are among the most outstanding laws that should be resolved as soon as possible,<\/u>&#8221; the bloc said in a statement<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;<em>noting that &#8220;the need to resolve to see the light soon<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0 <strong>\u00a0&#8230;the only wildcard is if the US, UN etc get involved.\u00a0 We have seen in the past when something must be passed, it is done so with a little pressure.\u00a0 <u>If the doors are ready to open, be assured what law or laws need to be passed will get done.<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Iraqi Dinar\/Dollar auction 04-18-17 (most recent listing)<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Currency Auctions Announcement No. 3425<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 04-18-2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>The results were as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#6699cc\">DETAILS<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#6699cc\">NOTES<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Number of banks<\/td>\n<td>37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Number of remittance companies<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Auction price selling dinar \/ US$<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Auction price buying dinar \/ US$<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Amount sold at auction price (US$)<\/td>\n<td>150,105,797<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Amount purchased at Auction price (US$)<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Total offers for buying (US$)<\/td>\n<td>150,105,797<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Total offers for selling (US$)<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><em><strong>More: <a href=\"http:\/\/dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">MadDScout\u00a0(Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 [<em>We have always heard when article 140 and HCL are put into place and activated we should see the rate within hours of implementation. We know Mosul is a key part. Can they implement HCL and Article 140 on a program rate<\/em>?]\u00a0\u00a0 Answer:\u00a0\u00a0<strong> That theory is old and unfounded, and tends to put events in the wrong order, according to what we know right now. Being as this is never mentioned in any of Alaks statements when asked about what the CBI needs to make full monetary reforms, I have put it out of my vocabulary.<\/strong>\u00a0 As to the third part of your question, can they implement 140 at program rate,<strong> I think it is so far in the future (Art140) they will have a &#8220;rate&#8221; by then. But IMO one doesn&#8217;t equal the other. They are stand alone issues, unhinged one from another. Rate is only important to us.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong> Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Abadi: Two months separating Iraq&#8217;s exit from Chapter VII<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0 [<em>It would seem that Iraq&#8217;s removal of Chapter 7 would occur before the dinar becomes marketable and begins to float<\/em>&#8230;]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>&#8230;though it&#8217;s important for Iraq to have it&#8217;s own currency once sovereign, I do not think they are directly related. When the dinar floats is a more of a decision of the CBI based on monetary policy. <u>IMO, I do not expect it to begin until just before foreign investment begins to pour into Iraq<\/u>. <\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/dims4\/USNEWS\/036881e\/2147483647\/thumbnail\/970x647\/quality\/85\/?url=%2Fcmsmedia%2F09%2F4efe8b8a3c7170f308e33f4bbcd687%2Ftag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_LYNXMPED3709P%3A12017-04-08T105051Z_1_LYNXMPED3709P_RTROPTP_3_MIDEAST-CRISIS-USA.JPG\" width=\"582\" height=\"388\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Baghdad Says U.S. Pledges Continued Support for Iraq&#8217;s War Against IS<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>BAGHDAD (Reuters)<\/strong> &#8211; U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday assured Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi of continued U.S. support to defeat Islamic State, the Iraqi government said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The two discussed the situation in Syria and the war on Islamic State in a phone call from Pence following Friday&#8217;s U.S. strikes on a Syrian airbase to punish a chemical attack that killed scores of civilians this week in an area held by the opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Frank26 (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 We are in the next step of the monetary reform&#8230; many asked why they were putting more IQD\u2019s &#8230;more 3 zeros back into the market in Iraq?\u00a0<strong> We never said they were putting 3 zeros back into the market, we said they were putting dinars back into the market to accomplish:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 #1 \u2013 MCP \u2013 elimination of the USD\u2019s.\u00a0\u00a0 #2 \u2013 to educate the citizens.\u00a0<u> <strong>It\u2019s NOT the value of the notes thats important&#8230;IT\u2019S THE NOTE COUNT &#8230;remember ONE 50k note &#8230;would be equivalent to FIVE 10k notes<\/strong><\/u>&#8230;One 50k note&#8230;that they bring into the bank&#8230;because they are going to get it as \u201cpay\u201d \u2013 they would have to bring back FIVE 10k notes&#8230;would they not? \u00a0 <strong>[Reducing the note count]<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<em>So what about your 3 zeros notes<\/em>?\u00a0 <strong>Your 3 zero notes are going to the FEDS.\u00a0It\u2019s internally.<\/strong>\u00a0That is where the monetary reform (MR) is now.<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Frank26 (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>The goal is to de-dollarize the markets of Iraq.\u00a0 This will occur by doing 1,000 to 1&#8230;which IMO&#8230;is going on right now.\u00a0 When they do change the EXCHANGE RATE&#8230;to show 1 to 1&#8230;YES!\u00a0 &#8230;at that time, they will introduce more dinars&#8230;but guess what kind?\u00a0 The LOWER-DENOMS.<\/strong>\u00a0 Not the 50k they are using in their pay.\u00a0This process will be concurrent \u2013 (at the same time).\u00a0 We never said they were putting Iraqi notes back into the market.\u00a0 This process is to take those notes away from the market.\u00a0 <strong>You will NOT see this 1,000 to 1 on the CBI website&#8230;it is 1 to 1 that you will see someday on the CBI website &#8230;IMO&#8230;that is VERY CLOSE &#8230;right around the corner<\/strong>&#8230;because they are doing 1,000 to 1 right now.<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>A Dinar Updates &#8220;FaceBook Live&#8221;!!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><em><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;LIVE Q&amp;A with BGG&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/em><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">from &#8211; Apr 7th<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/em><em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">In the DU FaceBook Group!!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/571383766355188\/\"><em>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/571383766355188\/<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Adam Montana (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>[&#8230;<em>are we just pretty much waiting on the total liberation of Mosul or what? I know, I know&#8230;the HCL must be passed and all that, but it seems as if Mosul is a real turning point<\/em>?]\u00a0 <strong>Total liberation of Mosul? No sir, I do not believe Mosul will ever be <em>totally<\/em> liberated, nor\u00a0will ISIS\/ISIL\/(Or Any Other Terror Group) be completely &#8220;eradicated&#8221;. The &#8220;war on terror&#8221; will never be &#8220;won&#8221;, we can only hope to keep it at a &#8220;manageable level&#8221;, and I believe we\u00a0are pretty close to achieving that already, if not completely done achieving it.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Frank26 (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong> [&#8230;<em>just want to make sure I understand correctly&#8230;any country in history that went through a currency reval&#8230; redenom&#8230;etc. always revealed their 1000:1 exchange rate.\u00a0 However, this time, <u>with Iraq, we will NOT be seeing the 1000:1 exchange rate. We&#8217;ll see the 1:1 at its appropriate time. Correct<\/u>?<\/em>]\u00a0<strong> IMO&#8230;Yes.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Adam Montana (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 [&#8230;<em>are you still as positive this week about the HCL being implemented as you were a few weeks ago?&#8230; and can Iraq change the rate anytime they want throughout the year or does it have to be done by the first quarter<\/em>?]\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><u>Absolutely yes!<\/u> And they can do this any time they want, there are absolutely no real restrictions. &#8220;Any given Sunday&#8221;, as they say&#8230; or Monday, Tuesday, etc.<\/strong>\u00a0 [<em>Do you think is possible to see an RV in 2017&#8230;<\/em>]\u00a0<strong> YES, emphatically so!<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.globalresearch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Iraq-Syria-US-400x271.jpg?resize=461%2C312\" width=\"461\" height=\"312\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Safe Zones As Soft Military Occupation: Trump\u2019s Plan For Syria, Iraq Is Taking Shape<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The Trump administration is moving closer to its goal of creating \u201csafe zones\u201d within Syria. Though this strategy may be described as a humanitarian effort, the sizable increase in military presence that it will bring looks more like an invasion in disguise.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) &#8211; <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 &#8220;<em>REPORT: Is the Iraqi dinar Recovering<\/em>?&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0Quote:\u00a0 &#8220;<em><strong><u>With the economic boom led by the oil industry in Iraq, the national currency will rise eventually to reflect the true value of the oil indispensability of the country<\/u><\/strong>. It is likely to happen up when the central bank raises the value of the dinar.<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Nice to hear them talk about the potential and process for the dinar. That being said,<strong> Iraq has not passed a significant law in quite a while even though many have called for them to do so. Yes, the banking system has made progress the last year under the guidance of the IMF, <u>but it&#8217;s time Iraq does it&#8217;s part and pass the laws, to create the environment for investment.<\/u><\/strong> Then we shall see what happens.<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Loop (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Iraq: Confidence is in the Air<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0 Quotes:\u00a0 \u00a0&#8220;&#8230;<strong><u><em>there was a strong sense that Iraq\u2019s fortunes are turning a corner<\/em><\/u><\/strong>&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0 \u201c<em>Confidence has returned to Baghdad \u2014 it is in the air! Baghdad is confident again, and it\u2019s absolutely wonderful.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 <strong>The IBBC (Iraq Britain Business Council) Spring Conference has started.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h1><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/economy-news.net\/vrsfls\/cntnt\/pctr\/13165.jpg?resize=624%2C351\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Positive for the development of Iraq&#8217;s future outlook will have a positive impact among investors<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><b>Economy News \/ translation &#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A report of the Network (CNBC) American that confidence expressed by Fitch International Foundation bisect the credit of the Iraqi economy last month, which will have a positive impact on investment in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Network wrote in its report that Fitch gave Iraq rating B + with a positive outlook for the future, which believes it will be stable, although it is fighting a war against (Daesh).<\/p>\n<p>She added that Fitch placed Iraq at the level of B + due to political risks and instability caused by conflicts going through.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more: \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.al-mawqif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/iraqs-abadi-%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-599x330.jpg?resize=640%2C352\" alt=\"\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0628\u0627\u062f\u064a: \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0627\u0642 \u064a\u062a\u062c\u0647 \u0646\u062d\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0631 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062c\u062a\u0645\u0639\u064a\u0629\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Abadi: Iraq is moving toward stability and community reconciliation<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Iraqi Position Network\u00a0<\/strong>Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said Sunday that Iraq is moving toward stability and community reconciliation and that the country has enormous potential for investment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Iraqi position&#8221; on the need for institutional reform of the state and create jobs for new energies in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that the Iraqi budgets during the past years have accumulated with the growth and growth of the population throughout the country, so that the population will double in Iraq in a quarter of a century and will double the need for energy, &#8220;electricity and oil&#8221; over the next 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Abbadi explained that Iraq is running for energy and that we seek to benefit from every barrel of oil and every torch of gas burned, declaring that the five-year plan is no longer sufficient and reliable for production because of the ongoing wars, which led to the decline of economic growth, the budgets of Iraq can no longer be sufficient to meet and cover The cost of current population growth.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Read more: \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">BGG (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span> [<em>Kushner is in Iraq at the invitation of Gen. Dunsford&#8230;it might not mean anything&#8230;but there was a lot of rumor about that a few weeks ago<\/em>&#8230;]\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>&#8230;<u>what it means is&#8230; our President wants his most trusted people on the ground in Iraq. He&#8217;s engaged. Not trying to bail out!!<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">BGG (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Abadi: Iraq is moving toward stability and community reconciliation<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 The title and first paragraph uses all the reform buzzwords immediately.\u00a0<u><strong> Abadi: Iraq is moving toward stability and community reconciliation.\u00a0 1) Stability\u00a0 2) Reconciliation (important to the UN)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/u>\u00a0 &#8220;&#8230;<em>Iraq is moving toward stability and community reconciliation and that the country has enormous potential for investment<\/em>&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Boom &#8211; mic drop&#8230;<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">BGG (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Abadi calls during his meeting with the Secretary of the United Nations to remove Iraq from Chapter VII<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0<strong>\u00a0I don&#8217;t think the UN will remove Iraq from Ch 7 immediately&#8230; nor do I think it matters one way or the other &#8211; to us.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">A military source: besieged Baghdadi in Mosul and near the end<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alforatnews.com\/uploads\/news\/image\/medium\/story_img_58e1255fb8c87.jpg?w=640\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>{Baghdad: Euphrates News}<\/strong> a military source said early on Sunday that security forces are likely to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the terrorist gangs Daesh occurred in the siege in Mosul and its end came close.<\/p>\n<p>The source said that &#8220;what is likely to conclude the Iraqi military, infiltration attempt Aldoaash ten days ago in a convoy of vehicles quad payment backed by a few tanks to the Iraqi city of Tal Afar , near Mosul from Syria.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8221; The terrorists tried to decipher the ring referred to followers of them trapped in Tal Afar, in order to serve in the event of the success of their plan to strengthen their abilities to march on Mosul.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He pointed to &#8220;enable the popular crowd forces from the liquidation of all those who were in the convoy mentioned Aldoaash mentioned, while likely Our analysts to be the purpose behind trying to infiltrate terrorists into Tal Afar and then Mosul, the evacuation of the remaining leaders in Daesh there, or save Baghdadi himself, especially and we do not rule out its presence in Mosul. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Read more:<\/span> \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">1bobby (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>The IMF is discussing boosting tax revenues in Iraq<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>The taxes and Tariff&#8217;s weren&#8217;t working to the expectations of the IMF, so they suggested to raise both.<\/strong> Recall the tax structure was part of the Structural Benchmarks NOT met during the SBA Review.\u00a0 <strong><u>What they are implementing is opening the private sector, put your citizens to work, take the taxes from them and products, and BAM you have more non oil revenue<\/u>.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8230;the IMF also mentioned bringing in the International Finance Corporation to assist in this lack of revenue endeavor. <strong>So everything is coming together.<\/strong> The hardest part is waiting.<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">DAZ (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 AND, WHEN A SATISFACTORY CONDITION AND ALIGNMENT OF ALL THE VARIOUS INTERESTS AND POWER STRUCTURES INVOLVED HAVE REACHED A POINT OF REASONABLE SATISFACTION THAT THEIR INTERESTS AND GOALS ARE MET&#8230;<strong> THEY WILL JUST AS SIMPLY&#8230;&#8221;TURN THE MONEY BACK ON&#8221;.\u00a0 IT WILL ALL COME TOGETHER WITH A PUBLIC RELEASE AND PERMISSION FOR ALL OF US TO EXCHANGE IN ANY MANNER WE WANT, ALMOST ANYWHERE WE WANT<\/strong>&#8230;<u>AND IT WILL BE A SAFE, ORGANIZED, ULTIMATELY FAIR AND REASONABLY SIMPLE BUSINESS TRANSACTION.<\/u>\u00a0 WE&#8217;RE READY WHEN THEY&#8217;RE READY.\u00a0\u00a0 [post 2 of 2]<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h1><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rudaw.net\/ContentFiles\/293007Image1.jpg?resize=516%2C321\" width=\"516\" height=\"321\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Iraq will not sever ties with Iran despite pressure from Arab nations<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>AMMAN, Jordan \u2013 Iraq will not sever ties with neighboring Iran under pressure from other Arab count<\/strong>ries, the Iraqi Foreign Minister confirmed to Rudaw on the sidelines of the Amman Summit as a draft resolution is being considered by the Arab League members calling on Tehran to cease meddling in affairs of the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIraq is not ready to step towards agitating the region and will not sever ties with any neighboring country,\u201d Ibrahim al-Jaafari told Rudaw, referring to its Shiite neighbor Iran, a strong ally of Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p>Baghdad is not willing to cut ties with any neighboring country, even Turkey, Jaafari said, despite growing differences between the two over the presence of Turkish troops in northern Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you know that when I am speaking right here Turkish troops are in Iraq, but we have not ended relations with Turkey,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that Iraq is doing its best to have friendly relations with its neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do our outmost to lead our relations to go on the right way,\u201d he said, confidently.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">DAZ (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> IRAQ HAS ALWAYS BEEN A WEALTHY, RICH CULTURE WITH A STRONG HERITAGE AND SIGNIFICANT HISTORY.\u00a0 IRAQ ALWAYS HAD AMPLE RESOURCES AND A STRONG ECONOMY&#8230; IN ITS OWN RIGHT.\u00a0 <strong>THEIR MONEY ALWAYS HAD VALUE, HISTORICALLY AND CONSISTENTLY.\u00a0<\/strong> DUE TO PRESSURES TO ENACT A LIBERATION OF IRAQ AND EFFECT A REGIME CHANGE&#8230;A COALITION OF NATIONS &#8220;TURNED OFF THE MONEY (DINAR)&#8221; AS PART OF A WAR EFFORT AND STRATEGIC ASSAULT TO DEBASE THE FINANCES OF REVOLT, RESISTANCE AND INSURGENCY AGAINST THAT CHANGE IN 2004.\u00a0 <strong><u>THERE WAS, AND STILL IS, A PLAN TO GIVE REBIRTH AND REVITALIZE THAT ECONOMY<\/u>, INFLUENCE THAT CULTURE AND, EVENTUALLY EMBRACE IRAQ, ITS PEOPLE AND THEIR WEALTH AND TRADE INTO THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FOLD. <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 [post 1 of 2&#8230;.stay tuned]<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Frank26 (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0FRESH FORM IRAQI TV&#8230; &#8220;<em>The financial crisis has not led to the collapse of the dinar or to a major inflation in prices,&#8221; Prime Minister Haider al-Abb<\/em>adi said.&#8221;\u00a0<strong><u>Even A [Abadi] defends his Nation&#8217;s Currency now&#8230;Where there use to be embarrassment <\/u>&#8230;There is soon to be a Value of Pride and Unity for Iraq and as a Donor Currency&#8230;For The reconciliation of The ME.( middle east).<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 I think many in and out of Iraq believe the dinar is under valued.\u00a0 We have even heard &#8220;grossly under valued&#8221; before in statements.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>The fact is, the CBI is and must follow the directives of the IMF.\u00a0 No if&#8217;s, and&#8217;s about it. <u>We cannot pick and choose what we read in IMF documents, if we believe the IMF, we must accept it <\/u>all.\u00a0 Therefore, we see the CBI following the directives, attempting to remove restrictions (ie. the spread), rebuilding the banking system, removing restrictions on foreign exchange, cracking down on corruption and money laundering all in an attempt to prepare for Article VIII and freedom of movement of capital in and out of Iraq.<\/strong>\u00a0 Let it come to us.<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\"> BGG (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>When we talk about the price tag the IMF and the UN have put on Mosul&#8230;one has to wonder exactly what leverage the UN has in this game&#8230;\u00a0 It is clear what say the IMF has &#8211; they are the IMF&#8230; but the UN, on the other hand, not so clear&#8230;unless viewed through this narrow window.<strong> I doubt the UN will allow Iraq an immediate exit from Chapter 7 &#8211; the sanctions, yes&#8230; the protection&#8230; I just doubt it.\u00a0 <\/strong><em>What does this mean for us?<\/em><strong> As long as they are doing as the IMF and UN have laid out for them &#8211; no reason the IMF and the UN won&#8217;t support a return &#8220;international acceptance and integration&#8221;&#8230;and that is all any of us care about.\u00a0 <\/strong>[<em>what has to happen for them to get out of chapter 7<\/em>] \u00a0 <strong>A better question &#8211; and the one we all really want to know is&#8230; <em>do they even have to be fully out of Chapter<\/em> 7?\u00a0\u00a0 My guess. No &#8211; they do not&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\"> 1bobby (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0&#8230;if we look at CH 7,<strong> <u>the 2 big ones that were given back to Iraq were the right to defend themselves and control of their currency.\u00a0\u00a0 Having the U.N announce the removal of CH 7 to the world is what Abadi&#8217;s looking for.<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">MadDScout (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Abadi calls during his meeting with the Secretary of the United Nations to remove Iraq from Chapter VII<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<strong><u> IMO) Abadi can only be asking because, along with other criteria, they are ready, or he would not have asked in front of the world<\/u>&#8230;I think it says volumes about where they are.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>A Dinar Round Table Call<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><em><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;with the whole DU Crew\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/em><em><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">from Tues nite &#8211; Apr 4th<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/em><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Click-N-Listen!!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/d.pr\/LrJM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Smart phone user link \u2013 Click here<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni(Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Article:\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;<strong><em>Abadi calls during a meeting with Secretary of the United Nations to remove Iraq from Chapter VII<\/em><\/strong>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Quote:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>{Baghdad} Euphrates News called on Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to remove Iraq from Chapter VII to end the occupation of Kuwait and file resolutions imposed on the people of Iraq because of Saddam&#8217;s regime policies.<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><u>This is important and will motivate them to get the dinar engaged with the global financial system<\/u>.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">1bobby (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Abadi calls during his meeting with the Secretary of the United Nations to remove Iraq from Chapter VII<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0 We knew that Iraq was NOT out of Chapter 7, but not in a stranglehold as they had been. <strong>They now have the right to defend themselves and control their currency. <u>The issues that are outstanding are the reparations to Kuwait and to the best of my knowledge the Oil for Food\/Medicine Program.<\/u><\/strong> Now if we look back to late last year Iraq made an announcement that the OFP had ended. <strong>If we recall the U.N Rep stated that Iraq has made great progress as far as the OFP and the June date was set as a &#8220;let&#8217;s see what happens between now and then&#8221; kind of a date. <u>For Abadi to publicly come out and ask the U.N Secretary General to no longer associate Iraq with Ch 7, is a big move on his part and I doubt he&#8217;s expecting a no answer<\/u>.<\/strong> <strong>They can still have working files, but to have the U.N come out and publicly rid Iraq of the CH 7 shadow would be a huge move forward<\/strong>. <u>As we have seen Kuwait has been a big supporter of Iraq as of late and has continuously been working with Iraq on outstanding issues.<\/u><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Iraq\u2019s Current Economic Outlook And How it Can Affect Dinar Value<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Quote:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>With the economic boom led by Iraq\u2019s oil industry, the national currency in the form of the Dinar will eventually rise to reflect the true value of the country\u2019s oil wealth. The rise will most likely happen when the National Bank of Iraq lifts the artificially low value placed on the nation\u2019s currency in 2003.<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>The problem with that statement is the dinar is not artificially low.\u00a0 It reflects the current exchange rate based on the current conditions.<\/strong>\u00a0 Remember, Shabibi raised the value already from about 3000 \/ $1 to 1186 \/$1 back in 2004-2005 to reduce inflation.\u00a0 <strong>Until the market economy takes off, IMO we will not the dinar rise the remainder of the way.\u00a0<\/strong> To me, making such a statement as &#8220;artificially low value&#8221;&#8230;shows a lack of understanding&#8230;<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Iraqi Dinar\/Dollar auction 04-13-17 (most recent listing)<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Currency Auctions Announcement No. 3422<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 04-10-2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>The results were as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#6699cc\">DETAILS<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#6699cc\">NOTES<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Number of banks<\/td>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Number of remittance companies<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Auction price selling dinar \/ US$<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Auction price buying dinar \/ US$<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Amount sold at auction price (US$)<\/td>\n<td>163,458,344<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Amount purchased at Auction price (US$)<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Total offers for buying (US$)<\/td>\n<td>163,458,344<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Total offers for selling (US$)<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><em><strong>More: <a href=\"http:\/\/dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Chattels (Dinar Guru)-<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Iraqi News reporting US troop level increases. &#8220;<strong>America sends more troops to Iraq<\/strong><\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<strong> It will be interesting to look for commentary in the news from Sadr and others.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Loop (Dinar Guru)-<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<strong><em>Iraqi command: western Mosul battle finished \u201con the military level<\/em><\/strong>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Quotes:\u00a0 \u201c<em>western Mosul is done on the military level\u201d, adding that \u201cwhat is left to do is to purge the remaining areas\u201d.\u00a0 &#8220;The remaining Islamic State members in the western side of Mosul are \u201cgangs remnants that are targeted accurately by security forces<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<u><strong> What he is saying is that what is left are gangs and not an organized resistance.<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/123flashchat.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbmfiles.com\/Mar2017\/170321-xoe7EEYbvnrw.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru)-<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Governmental directives to amend legislation in the transition to a free economy<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0Quote:\u00a0 \u00a0&#8220;<em>The government proceeding towards a free economy and stimulate the private sector and this trend is accompanied by procedural and legal amendments.&#8221;\u00a0 He added that &#8221; <u>the General Secretariat will spare no effort to support the upgrading of Iraq on the highest indicators according to the World Bank standards<\/u><\/em><u>.<\/u>&#8221;\u00a0<strong> We will have to watch the agenda&#8217;s the next few weeks and see if parliament acts<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">BGG (Dinar Guru)-<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 [<em>What are your thoughts on the new cbi logo<\/em>?]\u00a0 <strong>Lots of changes going on at the CBI.\u00a0 Change is GOOD<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h1><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rudaw.net\/ContentFiles\/293090Image1.jpg?resize=494%2C307\" alt=\"Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and US President Donald Trump meet last week in the White House. Photo: AP\" width=\"494\" height=\"307\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Trump reaffirms US commitment to Iraqi people in phone call with Abadi<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>BAGHDAD, Iraq<\/strong> \u2014 A week after meeting face-to-face in Washington, D.C., Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi received a phone call late Wednesday night, in which US President Donald Trump reaffirmed US commitment to the Iraqi people in the fight against ISIS.<\/p>\n<p>Trump emphasized that military and intelligence cooperation should continue, according to the PM\u2019s website, adding that the courage and intelligence of the Iraqi people \u201cwho are loved and respected\u201d by the US will inevitably banish \u201cISIS gangs.\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Loop\u00a0(Dinar Guru) &#8211; <\/span> <\/strong>Article:\u00a0 \u201c<em>Iraq\u2019s economy is now on the way to recovery<\/em>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Quotes:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>The World Bank\u2019s latest economic forecast expected Iraq to bounce back in 2016, growing at 7.2% in that year and continuing at around 5% in the next few years&#8230;With the security situation now improving, and the oil price on the rise \u2013 the indicators are moving in the right direction for Iraq\u2019s economy<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 UK MP from Scotland telling a group of Scottish companies that now it the time to invest in Iraq to make huge profits in the future. <strong>She is saying the the greatest opportunity to profit from the investment is <u>prior to their ascension<\/u> into the WTO.\u00a0\u00a0<u> So once again we see someone from outside of Iraq pointing out what we have known for a long time. IRAQ&#8217;S ECONOMIC \u00a0POTENTIAL IS HUGE<\/u> AND THEY ARE GETTING THEIR ACT TOGETHER TO REALIZE THAT.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Frank26 (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 IN MY STRONG OPINION&#8230;the MR has been going on inside of Iraq for quite awhile ago.\u00a0 We\u2019ve shown you many articles of how this is possible.\u00a0<strong> Infancy is NOT the starting of the MR&#8230;it is in the stage that it is in right now&#8230; WALKING&#8230;taking it\u2019s BABY STEPS&#8230;and soon&#8230;it will start WALKING VERY FAST!<\/strong>\u00a0 The speed will pick up \u00a0just like we told you.\u00a0<strong> BRILLIANT CALCULATED STEPS by Abadi and Trump!\u00a0 The East is done is Mosul&#8230;and 95% done on the West side of Mosul.\u00a0 Abadi said &#8230;I will announce to the world that Mosul is liberated at the Arab Summit.\u00a0<\/strong> Abadi is under the US control&#8230;not like a puppet &#8230;we are a TEAM &#8230;<strong>Abadi is a TEAM PLAYER&#8230;and when he returns back to Iraq&#8230;GAMES ON!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>BGG ~ This is complete B.S.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">BGG (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 [<em>Would changing the rate of the Dinar have any affect on their rampant corruption issues<\/em>?]\u00a0\u00a0<strong> Just the opposite&#8230;them dealing with their corruption issues will help the world accept a higher rate for the Dinar.<\/strong> I am positive this is one of the items the IMF will be discussing shortly.<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/thelowcarbblog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbmfiles.com\/Mar2017\/170314-uvPZyHni2YZr.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thelowcarbblog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Eat Well &#8211; Lose Weight!!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<strong><em>Iraq on the brink of an ambitious program looming<\/em><\/strong>&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>I am encouraged that we will see the beginnings of currency reform within the next few months.<\/strong> We can hope anyway.<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Loop (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 [<em>Would changing the rate of the Dinar have any affect on their rampant corruption issues?<\/em>]\u00a0\u00a0 I<strong>MO&#8230;They have a good handle on the corruption going on in the banking sector.<\/strong> While they still have work to do on this front they have systems in place to catch the crooks. <strong>So I do not see it has stopping them from a rate change at this point.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Adam Montana (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0There\u2019s one name in particular that I\u2019m happy to see in the news: Abadi. Anyone who\u2019s been in this for more than a couple years has seen the amazing progress that\u2019s come about since Maliki got the boot and Abadi came stomping in with the big boy pants on! <strong>The GOI was\u00a0revamped, decluttered, and streamlined. Parliament picked up the pace and got a lot of things done that were simply not happening under the\u00a0previous administration, and now: 1. Abadi confirms he\u2019s planning on running for a second term. I see this\u00a0as a shoe-in, no-brainer, it will happen, DONE.<\/strong> (Yes, we are going to hear some noise from the Maliki Camp, I say&#8230;ignore it).\u00a0 <strong>2. Abadi is working hard towards full IMF and basically global support,\u00a0and the fruits are coming.\u00a0<\/strong> [post 1 of 2&#8230;.stay tuned]<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h1><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alforatnews.com\/uploads\/news\/image\/medium\/story_img_58dbbc5b6d5a1.jpg?w=640\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Saudi King to Abadi: with restoring Iraq to turn in big area<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>King Salman bin Abdul Aziz<\/strong>, Saudi Arabia&#8217;s support for Iraq to restore its role in the region and strengthen relations with at all levels.<\/p>\n<p>Abbadi&#8217;s Office said in a statement received Agency {news Euphrates} copy of it today, &#8220;Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abbadi met on the sidelines of the Summit Arabic King Salman bin Abdulaziz&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Adam Montana (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 3. &#8220;<strong><em>This week on Fox News Sunday: Haider al-Abadi, Prime Minister of Iraq, in an exclusive interview<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221; \u00a0Get your popcorn out!<strong> Abadi on with Chris Wallace this weekend. <\/strong>Don\u2019t\u00a0expect a huge announcement from Abadi on the RV&#8230;this is just more proof that Iraq and the PTB\u00a0are not going to stay where they are. The country is poised to make a\u00a0leap, and we\u2019re watching!\u00a0 Another thing I am\u00a0paying close attention to in the news is Saudi Arabia&#8230; there is a LOT going on with that country right now.<strong> It\u2019s a very complex\u00a0situation, but the direction is tremendously good for us and for Iraq\u2019s future as a very powerful and wealthy country<\/strong>. That might be one of the reasons\u00a0why Saudi Arabia is taking these steps: &#8220;<strong><em>Saudi Arabia plans to cancel previous debt on Iraq<\/em><\/strong>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 <u><strong>Bottom line&#8230;this is happening fast, and we\u2019re just here for the ride.<\/strong><\/u>\u00a0 [post 2<br \/>\nof 2]<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">MadDScout (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0I know Abadi had a busy day today [Tuesday].\u00a0 <strong>Abadi today met with :\u00a0 President Trump, V.President Pence, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and members of Congress, US Trade secretary Wilbur Ross, US Chamber of Commerce, along with delegations from GE and Boeing among others.<\/strong>\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This is a very good feel of how the new <\/span>US<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> President is working in a positive way with Iraq.\u00a0 [post 1 of 2&#8230;.stay tuned]<\/span><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">MadDScout (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span>\u00a0 <\/strong>Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Abadi discusses with US Trade Secretary lifting obstacles to investment companies<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0 Quote:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, during his visit to the United States, discussed with US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross the promotion of trade cooperation between the two countries<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0 This was a very good meeting from reports.\u00a0 <strong>I can not remember a one day event that produced so much positive for all sectors.\u00a0<\/strong> It was like Abadi ran the table today. \u00a0LOL\u00a0 <strong>&#8230;was a very positive day for us investors and for Iraq as a whole.<\/strong>\u00a0 [post 2 of 2]<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Electricity: the privatization of the energy will liberate citizens from private generators expenses<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/economy-news.net\/vrsfls\/cntnt\/pctr\/13047.jpg?resize=616%2C334\" width=\"616\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ministry confirmed the electricity, that electricity investment project (the privatization of energy) will free citizen of the restrictions and expenses of amperage, generators and all the suffering of attrition.<\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/showthread.php?47764-Privatization-of-the-energy-will-liberate-citizens-from-private-generators-expenses\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/showthread.php?47764-Privatization-of-the-energy-will-liberate-citizens-from-private-generators-expense<\/span>s<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3>__________________________________________________<\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Backdoc (Dinar Guru) <\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 Article:\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;<em>Keywords announce start implementing the e-government project<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<strong>VERY INTERESTING&#8230;WE GO FROM IMPLEMENTING THE DIGITAL E- DINAR ON FEBRUARY 8TH TO NOW GOING DIGITAL FOR GOVT. FUNCTIONS!\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 YES, THE DIGITAL BLOCKCHAIN ADDS BETTER SECURITY, SPEED, AND EFFICIENCY! \u00a0<strong>THIS WILL HELP PUT A HURT ON CORRUPTION! <\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Adam Montana (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 You&#8217;re probably also seeing a lot of positive news regarding ISIS, Mosul, etc on\u00a0the &#8220;tube&#8221;. Or at least, you aren&#8217;t seeing so many negative news stories&#8230; and\u00a0you know why that is, don&#8217;t you?\u00a0<strong> It&#8217;s very simple &#8211; the media isn&#8217;t making a big deal about Iraq anymore because\u00a0things are going REALLY GOOD,<\/strong> and those aren&#8217;t the stories that sell ads!\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>&#8230;there is a LOT of\u00a0progress happening right now with oil, agreements, and security. <\/strong>These are\u00a0exactly what we want to see!\u00a0<strong> We are getting to a point in this Iraqi Dinar situation that has me excited\u00a0again, finally, and it&#8217;s been a long time since I felt this upbeat about the Dinar.\u00a0\u00a0<u>We&#8217;ve\u00a0been going in the &#8220;right way&#8221; for a long time, but now we are on a STRONG path to victor<\/u>y!<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Article\u00a0 quote:\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;<em>in addition to the reform of the banking sector to support growth led by the private sector <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">before starting the process of reconstruction<\/span> <\/span>in post &#8211; Daesh<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0 <strong><u>This seems to imply the banking sector reform is just around the corner&#8230;<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h1><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Tourism&#8217;s &#8220;economy News&#8221;: Iraqi antiquities need to pause<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/h1>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/economy-news.net\/vrsfls\/cntnt\/pctr\/13055.jpg?resize=469%2C277\" width=\"469\" height=\"277\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Economy News \/ special\u00a0<\/strong>It demanded Tourism and Antiquities Authority necessity that there be a serious stand of Iraqi antiquities and make it an important tributary of the Iraqi tourism.<\/p>\n<p>The general director of the tourist facilities in the Authority, Mahmoud al-Zubaidi (News of the economy), that Iraq holds a history spanning prehistoric and presence only gives economic footprint, pointing out that there is a move away from the development of tourism, particularly with regard to the Iraqi antiquities.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Aggiedad77 (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Iraq looking to raise obstacles to the entry of US companies to invest<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0<strong> <u>IMO when Abadi talks here about &#8220;raising obstacles&#8221; he&#8217;s referring to a lessening of red tape for American companies and also a HUGE reduction in corruption issues that have kept many companies away in the past<\/u>&#8230;He&#8217;s smiling because he knows who will pave the way for the success of his government as well as his country&#8230;and it will not be Iran&#8230;He&#8217;s got a new buddy in President Donald Trump and his administration<\/strong>&#8230;IMO look for Trump to be paying Iraq a visit this year&#8230;Frank [Guru Frank26]\u00a0 said that issues with investors has to do with Iraq&#8217;s restrictions on capital movement&#8230;as well as UN sanctions not being lifted, thus causing countries and investors to not want to go against the UN&#8230;<strong>Abadi has some definite changes he needs to make&#8230;that he can make&#8230;lift those restrictions&#8230;raise the value of your currency&#8230;get rid of the UN restrictions&#8230;IMO.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0[&#8230;<em>wondering if Trump can push for currency reform<\/em>.]\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Currency reform is a consequence of economic and banking reform.\u00a0\u00a0 <u>&#8230;the IMF has made it very clear the dinar will be floated and will rise as a result of the growth of the economy<\/u>.\u00a0 There is no confusion, it is stated clearly&#8230;the Balassa-Samuelson effect.\u00a0<\/strong> \u201d<u><strong><em>Balassa\u2013Samuelson implies that countries with rapidly expanding economies should tend to have more rapidly appreciating exchange rates<\/em><\/strong><\/u>.\u201d\u00a0<strong> In other words Iraq&#8217;s dinar is directly related to the growth of the private sector\/market economy.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>International Monetary Fund agrees to release contractors&#8217; receivables<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Quote:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>The appearance of Mohammed Saleh that the second review of the credit agreement showed a clear understanding and success&#8230;<strong>This success is the understanding and agreement on the release of receivables of all contractors amounting to more than 4 trillion dinars <\/strong>once the Federal Audit Bureau announced the completion of audit contracts contractors, and we know the SAI is about to complete this process<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>So the IMF is going to pay almost $4 billion dollars to unpaid contractors in Iraq. This is huge.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cid_0534CEE5-9E81-4CFA-9D7F-ACA5BAD2C2DA.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cid_0534CEE5-9E81-4CFA-9D7F-ACA5BAD2C2DA.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cid_0534CEE5-9E81-4CFA-9D7F-ACA5BAD2C2DA.jpg?resize=611%2C128\" alt=\"!cid_0534CEE5-9E81-4CFA-9D7F-ACA5BAD2C2DA\" width=\"611\" height=\"128\" data-cke-saved-src=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cid_0534CEE5-9E81-4CFA-9D7F-ACA5BAD2C2DA.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Click this link to join the DU \u201cprivate\u201d FaceBook Group\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/571383766355188\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/571383766355188\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/571383766355188\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>(go here and ask to join\u2026 then add some Dinar Friends!!)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">tman23 (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>This week in Washington is the NATIONAL COALITION MEETING<\/strong>&#8230;THE FIRST WHERE ALL COUNTRIES WILL BE TOGETHER&#8230;68! &#8230;<strong>THIS IS ALL ABOUT IRAQ AND SYRIA AND SPECIFICALLY ISIS&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Sabri: Iraq&#8217;s economy will rise over the next five years<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 .<strong>..this statement is in line with several of the CBI going back a few years that the deletion of zeros would take 4-5 years.\u00a0 Sounds to me like they expect a gradual appreciation of the currency as the economy grows<\/strong>.\u00a0 Anyone?\u00a0\u00a0 Balassa-Samuelson effect&#8230;<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h1><b><span style=\"color: #800000;\">United Nations Secretary General: we hope to achieve a Government representing all communities in Iraq<\/span><\/b><\/h1>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mawazin.net\/uploads\/files\/2017\/March%20-%203\/29-3\/36.jpg?resize=615%2C346\" width=\"615\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guti\u00e9rrez<\/strong>, Wednesday, we hope to achieve a Government that represents all the components in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>He welcomed Guterres in his speech during the Arabic League Summit in Jordan, &#8220;progress in Mosul and Iraqi troops restored to lands of ISIS&#8217;s control.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">tman23 (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 &#8230;ABADI BEST COME BACK FROM WASHINGTON WITH AN ARSENAL OF GIFTS FOR THE CITIZENS&#8230; <strong>OTHERWISE\/WITH ACCESS TO FUTURE INTERNATIONAL LOANS BEING LIMITED&#8230;TICK-TOCK&#8230;TICK TOCK.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni\u00a0(Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0The IMF would never agree to accept Iraq into Article VIII if they cannot comply with the Article VIII requirements&#8230;\u00a0<strong> That means they must show stability at 2% or less for 90 days prior to acceptance into Article VIII<\/strong>.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t see anyway around that.\u00a0 <strong>That being said, they could get off the peg without approval from the IMF.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">firefly (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u00a0 Anybody that&#8217;s been in this investment for any period of time should know that a lot of negative news will pop it&#8217;s ugly head at the end.<\/strong>\u00a0 Just remember what Dr. Shabibi said at Jackson Hole back in 2011 when he was asked when he will do the currency adjustment.\u00a0<strong> After thinking about the question for a bit of time he stated &#8220;AFTER MUCH MEDIA PROPAGANDA&#8221; <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 This is not about us. Just be thankful we were given the opportunity to be a part of this investment.\u00a0 <strong>Timing is everything right now. One mistake in their calculations would be catastrophic.\u00a0&#8230;the true rate will show on the CBI 1st. <\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/economy-news.net\/vrsfls\/cntnt\/pctr\/12967.jpg?w=640\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Abadi looking with two US firms electricity and airlines to develop<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Economy News \/ Baghdad \u2026Search Prime Minister Haidar al-Abbadi (who is visiting Washington for now), with two US firms to develop the electricity sector in Iraq and the Iraqi air lines.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">firefly (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0 Historically all currency adjustments are made in the 1st quarter of the fiscal year. <\/strong>Kuwait and Zambia are good reference points.\u00a0<strong> There is much going on behind the scenes that we are not aware of. I for one am extremely excited at where we sit today.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni\u00a0(Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong> Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Expert: Iraq is heading for a social market economy within the plan that will last until 2030<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 <u><strong>More importantly, currency reform must begin before they will ever have a market economy.<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Detection 3 &#8220;goals&#8221; Abadi seeks to achieve<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0 Quote:\u00a0 &#8220;&#8230;<em>three goals of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi seeks to achieve with major countries (Germany, Britain, America), as he emphasized the lack of plans for more &#8220;lending&#8221;, attributing the reason to determine Iraq certain doors by donor countries<\/em>&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 <u><strong>To me, this says they better get to work..and soon&#8230; &#8220;there are no plans for further lending&#8221;<\/strong><\/u><strong><u>.<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Deputy: Abadi visit to Washington made Iraq the Middle East equilibrium point<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mawazin.net\/uploads\/files\/2017\/March%20-%203\/23-3\/23.jpg?w=640\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><strong>MP in parliament, Abdul Rahman Alloizi<\/strong>, on Thursday, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi&#8217;s visit to Washington has created a kind of balance in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>He Alloizi, L \/ balance News \/, said that &#8220;al-Abadi&#8217;s visit to Washington came in the context, the fact that Iraq today is one of the closest allies of the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">BGG (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Quote: \u00a0&#8220;&#8230;<em>Based on the preliminary findings of this mission, staff will prepare a report that, subject to management approval, will be presented to the IMF\u2019s Executive Board for discussion and decision<\/em>&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0 <strong>e<u>xactly what decisions do the IMF executive board have to make coming up?<\/u> I mean &#8211; they only deal with one thing.\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND.\u00a0<\/strong> [&#8230;<em>can the CBI make a move before the DC meetings<\/em>?]\u00a0 <strong>the CBI can do whatever they want&#8230;<u>if the IMF doesn&#8217;t give their blessing who are they gonna&#8217; sell their currency to?\u00a0 without international acceptance &#8211; there is no market.<\/u>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> [post 2 of 2]<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">BGG (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Quote:\u00a0 \u201c<em>The Iraqi authorities and IMF staff started discussions on the second review of the SBA. These discussions will continue during the upcoming IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings from April 21\u201323, 2017 in Washington, DC<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0 <strong>This is saying these finalization talks were already started&#8230;and will resume &#8211; (at the latest) in D.C.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Quote:\u00a0 \u201c<em>During the visit, the team met with the Acting Minister of Finance Prof. Abdulrazzaq A. Jaleel Essa, Acting Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI), Dr. Ali Mohsen Ismail Al-Allaq, the Financial Adviser to the Prime Minister Dr. Mudher Saleh, and officials from the ministries of finance, oil, planning, the State Oil Marketing Organization, the Central Statistical Office, the Central Bank of Iraq, and representatives from the Kurdistan Regional Government, and the Board of Supreme Audit. The team would like to thank the Iraqi authorities for their cooperation and the open and productive discussions<\/em>.\u201d<u>\u00a0 <\/u><strong><u>Mohammed Saleh&#8230;he&#8217;s been in these big IMF &#8220;shindig&#8221; meetings from the 5th to the 17th&#8230; he&#8217;s excited<\/u>.<\/strong>\u00a0 [post 1 of 2&#8230;.stay tuned]<br \/>\n_____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Detection 3 &#8220;goals&#8221; Abadi seeks to achieve<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0 Quote:\u00a0 &#8220;&#8230;<em>three goals of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi seeks to achieve with major countries (Germany, Britain, America), as he emphasized the lack of plans for more &#8220;lending&#8221;, attributing the reason to determine Iraq certain doors by donor countries<\/em>&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 <u><strong>To me, this says they better get to work..and soon&#8230; &#8220;there are no plans for further lending&#8221;<\/strong><\/u><strong><u>.<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n_____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Iraqi Dinar\/Dollar auction 04-10-17 (most recent listing)<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Currency Auctions Announcement No. 3419<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 03-30-2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>The results were as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"tableRowHead\">\n<td bgcolor=\"#6699cc\">DETAILS<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#6699cc\">NOTES<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tableRowDark\">\n<td>Number of banks<\/td>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tableRowDark\">\n<td><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\">Number of<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">remittance<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">companies<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tableRowLight\">\n<td>Amount sold at auction price (US$)<\/td>\n<td>160,039,952<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tableRowDark\">\n<td>Amount purchased at Auction price (US$)<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tableRowLight\">\n<td>Total offers for buying (US$)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><em><strong>Read More: <a href=\"http:\/\/dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Revbo (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0&#8220;<em>Statement at the End of an IMF Mission on Iraq<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Quote:\u00a0 &#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em>repair the banking sector are needed to support private sector-led growth and diversification of the economy once post- ISIS reconstruction is underway<\/em>.<\/span>&#8221; \u00a0[<em>I really believe we will see currency reform begin soon after the country is rid of ISIL since it is so important to the success of a private sector\/market economy<\/em>.]\u00a0 \u00a0If they don&#8217;t turn it loose shortly after Mosul is liberated, they will be wasting a golden opportunity and a ton of momentum for a growing economy and national reconciliation.<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0&#8220;<em>Statement at the End of an IMF Mission on Iraq<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Quote:\u00a0 &#8220;&#8230;<em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">repair the banking sector are needed to support private sector-led growth and diversification of the economy once post- ISIS reconstruction is underway.<\/span><\/em>&#8221; <strong>\u00a0<u>I really believe we will see currency reform begin soon after the country is rid of ISIL since it is so important to the success of a private sector\/market economy.<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Revbo (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0I don&#8217;t know if this means anything, but <strong><u>yesterday was the first time I&#8217;ve ever seen no street rate posted on the CBI&#8217;s auction page.<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">If you found this blog, our website or chats helpful \u2013 Forward it to a friend!! 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