{"id":15085,"date":"2018-02-14T08:34:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T14:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/observer\/?p=15085"},"modified":"2018-02-14T17:52:32","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T23:52:32","slug":"dinar-observer-daily-feb-14th-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dinarupdates.com\/observer\/?p=15085","title":{"rendered":"DINAR OBSERVER DAILY \u2013 Feb. 14th"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/economy-news.net\/vrsfls\/cntnt\/pctr\/5910.jpg?resize=565%2C546\" width=\"565\" height=\"546\" \/>Iraq is ready to reform the financial and economic sectors<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Economy News Baghdad:<\/strong> UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterich said Iraq was ready to reform the financial and economic sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Guterich said in his speech to the Iraq reconstruction conference held in Kuwait and followed by &#8220;Economy News,&#8221; that &#8220;the United Nations development programs operating in 25 areas of Iraq to help Iraqis and develop their reality of living.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The United Nations launches a grant program that helps repair infrastructure, improves daily life and helps improve economic reforms and revitalize areas that have been damaged,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/showthread.php?56261-Iraq-is-ready-to-reform-the-financial-and-economic-sectors\">http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/showthread.php?56261-Iraq-is-ready-to-reform-the-financial-and-economic-sectors<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>(Special Thanks to Loopster for sharing research)<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>United Nations: Kuwait Conference stunning proof of the confidence in the government and the people of Iraq<\/em><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Quote:\u00a0 &#8220;<em><u><strong>Iraq is on the right track and the international community has shown its confidence in Iraq<\/strong><\/u>, which is very important , a good news<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0<strong>\u00a0 A very good sign.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iraqinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/cbi-central-bank-iraq.jpg?resize=557%2C226\" width=\"557\" height=\"226\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Central Bank of Iraq Auctions $182,320,645 on 14 February 2018<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Baghdad (IraqiNews.com)<\/strong> The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) currency auction on February 14 registered $182,320,645 in sales, a -5.98% volume decline from the US $193,912,578 sold by Iraqi Dinar, credit and transfer at the previous auction held on February 13.<\/p>\n<p>The latest auction was attended by 45 banks and 9 remittance companies. The same institutions attended the auction held on February 14 compared to the previous auction.<\/p>\n<p>Data for the February 14 auction was made public by CBI Announcement Number 3635.<\/p>\n<p>Dollar sales in the in the period January 1, 2018 to February 14, 2018 saw an increase of -1% compared to the sales of US $4.75 billion in the same period in 2017. The total amount of US currency sold by CBI in the calendar year 2017 was US $15.7 billion.<\/p>\n<p>An analysis of the monthly dollar sales by CBI since January 2016 reveals highly fluctuating volumes. During the period from January 2016 to February 2018, sales of US dollars averaged US $1.81 billion per month. Peak volumes were reached in May this year when sales touched US $2.3 billion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CBI-3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-26912 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CBI-3.jpg?resize=555%2C615\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"615\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/showthread.php?56268-Central-Bank-of-Iraq-Auctions-182-320-645-on-14-February-2018&amp;p=181224#post181224\">http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/showthread.php?56268-Central-Bank-of-Iraq-Auctions-182-320-645-on-14-February-2018&amp;p=181224#post181224<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Mnt Goat\u00a0(Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Today is the third day of the Donor Conference. So the RV did not happen by Sunday, as expected. The conference has started on Feb 12 and will run until Feb 14th. What next?\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>I can see we can expect more of the same investment strategy for Iraq. The news now is all about investing in Iraq and part of that investment is the rebuilding of Iraq and moving it to a \u201cmarket economy\u201d driven by the private sector<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>\u00a0We must think of the Donor Conference in Iraq as a piece to the puzzle for accomplishing these goals.<\/strong>\u00a0 [post 1 of 3&#8230;.stay tuned]<\/span><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Mnt Goat (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Iraq has had many investment seminars over these 11 years since I have been in this investment.\u00a0<em>Why is this one so important<\/em>?\u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It is important due many reasons:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">1) PM Abadi at the helm (political stability)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">2) Honest intent to move forward (banking and financial reforms in place)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">3) Investment laws in place allowing investors to come in\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>The investment law and its amendments are yet more pieces to the puzzle and were the banking reforms.<\/strong>\u00a0So you can see each step they make brings them yet closer and closer to an economy that can grow.\u00a0\u00a0<em>But when will the economy take off?<\/em>&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 [post 2 of 3&#8230;.stay tuned]<\/span><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Mnt Goat (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Some believe they must first reconstruct the cities and allow businesses to come back in. I do not know the answer but if we THINK for a second,<strong>\u00a0we can see that all they really need is to get to a point where they can guarantee that the launching of their new currency will not crash and they can maintain the rate<\/strong>. This is the extent they need. Personally,\u00a0<strong>I believe that if they pulled the trigger today they would be just fine. I am saying this because their overall economy is now much better than prior to 1991 invasion. So could they technically trigger and survive? Yes, I believe they could.<\/strong>\u00a0 [post 3 of 3]<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/cdn.bannersnack.com\/banners\/bcfqbjmjr\/embed\/index.html?userId=31764881&amp;t=1507147661\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Aggiedad77 (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>The House of Representatives concludes reading and discussing the Federal Budget Bill of 2018\u00a0\u00a0 In\u00a0policy\u00a0February 13, 2018<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 WELL LET US SEE WHAT THURSDAY WILL BRING FOR PARLIAMENT&#8230;THINK ABOUT IT&#8230;THE DAY AFTER THE KW CONFERENCE&#8230;SO WILL THIS BUDGET HAVE AN IMPACT ON WHAT WAS DONE AT THE CONFERENCE&#8230;IFO&#8230;NO&#8230; IMO&#8230; NO&#8230;\u00a0<strong>BUT WE KNOW\/SUSPECT HIGHLY WHAT THE FINAL OUTCOME OF THE BUDGET WILL BE&#8230;LOADED WITH STARS&#8230;PRIMING IRAQ FOR A FRESH NEW START<\/strong>&#8230;A START THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE AN ACTIVE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, BUT INSTEAD A FOCUS TOWARDS THE REBIRTH OF THEIR ECONOMY, THEIR COUNTRY AS A NATION TO BE RECKONED WITH BY THE WORLD&#8230;MAYBE THE LION WILL ROAR IN KUWAIT TOMORROW [WEDNESDAY]&#8230;<strong>IMO IT WAS CERTAINLY AWAKENED THERE TODAY WITH THE GOINGS-ON THAT WE&#8217;VE SEEN<\/strong>&#8230;OPTIMISTICALLY EXCITED&#8230;THAT BE ME&#8230;IMO&#8230;3&#8230;2&#8230;1&#8230;<br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">mike (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Corruption, bureaucracy and armed practices threaten 157 Iraqi projects at the donor conference<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0Parliament just passed a law protecting those in government from prosecution for corruption, their timing couldn&#8217;t have been worse<\/strong>. I realize the west doesn&#8217;t want to leave Iraq vulnerable to Iran&#8217;s influence, but at this point, Iraq is in Iran&#8217;s back pocket, losing them to Iran has already happened.\u00a0<strong>These folks can&#8217;t even agree on a 2018 budget, how can they expect the world to donate billions when they can&#8217;t even balance their own checkbook?\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0The world has stood up and done everything it can to help this country&#8230; \u00a0<strong>These guys have got to put on their big boy pants and act like they care about the country and its citizens, if they don&#8217;t, the world won&#8217;t. IMO.<\/strong><br \/>\n______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Mnt Goat (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Article quote:\u00a0 \u201c<em>THE BUDGET WILL CONTINUE AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE SECOND READING IN PARLIAMENT, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE READ IN YESTERDAY\u2019S SESSION, BUT BECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE OF A LEGAL QUORUM WAS NOT PUT ON THE AGENDA OF THE MEETING<\/em>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>&#8230;I want to emphasize that no budget &#8211; no RV.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Just saying is there a connection<\/em>?<\/strong><br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moroccoworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/The-World-Bank.jpg?resize=532%2C354&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"532\" height=\"354\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>World Bank: Iraq is the best place to invest in the world<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, has urged international companies to overcome their concerns about financing reconstruction projects in Iraq and capitalize on high-yielding investment opportunities there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the country emerges from a devastating three-year war against ISIS, I do not think anywhere in the world there are such opportunities for investment,\u201d said Ziad Bader, head of the International Finance Corporation\u2019s mission in Iraq, in a speech at Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIFC has investments of about $ 1.2 billion in various projects in Iraq, including banks, cement factories and telecommunications companies, and is preparing to announce an investment of $ 250 million in a telecommunications project,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/showthread.php?56255-World-Bank-Iraq-is-the-best-place-to-invest-in-the-world\">http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/showthread.php?56255-World-Bank-Iraq-is-the-best-place-to-invest-in-the-world<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Mnt Goat (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Appears that a company&#8230;will sell you gold and silver and allow you to pay for it in dinar (much below market prices given).<\/strong>\u00a0Really? To me this is WOW news and\u00a0<u><strong>confirms to us all that the dinar is very valuable and is in demand or will be shortly in very high demand&#8230;<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">BGG (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Speaker Jabouri calls 2018 Iraqi budget bill \u2018unconstitutional,\u2019 rejects to pass it<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0 Quote:\u00a0 &#8220;&#8230;<em>Salim al-Jabouri said the parliament will not approve cutting the salaries of civil servants<\/em>.&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0<strong>IMHO, this has very little to do with the actual budget they are trying to get passed and much more about political alliances being developed for the upcoming elections.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Seriously?!? Jabouri cares at all about the KRG share?? No. I think not.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>All part of the process \u2013 it will happen.<\/strong><br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0sandyf (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0I get the impression that many perceive currency coding as nothing more than window dressing, nothing could be further from the truth. Currency codes are the backbone of all financial systems.\u00a0<strong>Every computerized accounting software operates on a base currency and once set that currency code cannot be altered. When a country needs to introduce a new currency, the code must first be issued by the ISO, accounting software needs to be amended and a new set of accounts created in the new currency.\u00a0<u>This is why I often remind people that a redenomination cannot happen overnight nor in secret<\/u><\/strong>. One thing you can be sure of is that Iraq, or any other country is not going to be introducing a new currency anytime soon.\u00a0<u>It should be noted that the introduction of alternative denominations is an addition to an existing currency and not a new currency<\/u>.<br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Aggiedad77 (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 He [Abadi]\u00a0is an integrally smart man who is also learning new chess moves IMO from a MASTER&#8230;T&#8230;and\u00a0<strong>he is about to put Iraq on the roadmap of the world in so many ways<\/strong>&#8230;the term &#8220;MECCA&#8221; won&#8217;t even be able to fit in Iraq when he is done IMO&#8230;expansion like we&#8217;ve never seen before IMO&#8230;it is all good&#8230;and\u00a0<strong>it is all coming&#8230;IMO in a way that you would least expect it to<\/strong>&#8230;there are major pieces in this this game that dance to their own rules and are not used to being told no or used to delays&#8230;<strong>I look for no more delays, no more excuses&#8230;&#8221;the time is now&#8221;&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The @IraqiGovt is implementing reforms<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CBI.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26896 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CBI.jpg?resize=572%2C499\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"499\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Follow us on twitter @DinarUpdates !!<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Al-Nasiri: Central Bank aims to build a solid banking sector in 2018<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Quote:\u00a0 &#8220;In addition to its results and the extent of its commitment to implement the monetary policy directions of the Central Bank and reflect on its actual contribution to GDP and its contribution to sustainable development and its transition from the role of banking to the developmental role.&#8221; &#8220;<em>In addition to its results and the extent of its commitment to implement the monetary policy directions of the Central Bank and reflect on its actual contribution to GDP and its contribution to sustainable development and its transition from the role of banking to the developmental role<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<strong>This is a very clear statement for those looking for an overnight RV, it ain&#8217;t happening<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>This means they are sticking with sound monetary policies that will improve the value of the dinar as the GDP improves.\u00a0<u>\u00a0In other words, as investment comes into Iraq, the dinar will rise in value.\u00a0 Which from everything else we have read, appears to be some kind of float.<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Mnt Goat (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 So the BIG question is this \u2013<em>\u00a0is there a new plan to stock the US Reserves with Iraqi dinar and use it to pay off the National Debt after its revaluation<\/em>?\u00a0<strong>\u00a0Well one thing we do know for sure is the Iraqi dinar will have a very substantial revaluation unlike the initial re-instatement of the Kuwaiti dinar.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>We know this from knowing about the process to \u201cdelete the zeros\u201d.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 In fact the Kuwaiti dinar never really did revalue, it only rose in rate (not value) due to the float on FOREX and pure speculation. It then came back to reality&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 [post 1 of 2&#8230;.stay tuned]<br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Mnt Goat (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 I am positive there is some plan to do something and use some of this to pay off debt if nothing else in part to use it for the deficit negotiations&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0Can they balance the deficit? Trump will look like a hero if they can and do it without closing down the govt again.\u00a0 As the US is not doing all this work in Iraq to just fight terrorism.\u00a0 I do not know all the details nor will I pretend to know. We shall all find out after the fact.\u00a0<strong>This is all information that, if you tie it all together, points to the near completion of the project to delete the zeros and eventual revaluation of the Iraqi dinar. This what we are looking for. This is our TARGET!\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0[post 2 of 2]<br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/cdn.bannersnack.com\/banners\/bcfqbjmjr\/embed\/index.html?userId=31764881&amp;t=1507147661\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Frank26 (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 Article:\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Al-Nasiri: Central Bank aims to build a solid banking sector in 2018<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Quotes:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Central Bank&#8217;s adoption of standards and controls conforms to the requirements of international standards and the basic and subsidiary objectives of its strategy until 2020 and\u00a0<strong><u>to activate and consolidate new visions of monetary policy applications<\/u><\/strong><\/em>,,,&#8221;;\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;&#8230;the Central Bank has introduced new policies and visions and mechanisms of smooth implementation, but it is monitored and followed up on a daily and accurate basis inside and outside Iraq\u00a0<strong><u>in order to achieve the above economic goals and strengthen international banking relations with the international banks in order to serve our national economy and the banking sector<\/u>.<\/strong>&#8221;\u00a0 YOU NEED TO READ THIS WITH THE HEART OF A STUDENT OF YOUR INVESTMENT&#8230;THIS IS THE MAIN SOURCE&#8230;DO NOT WALK BY THIS&#8230;&#8221;ARTICLE&#8221;.<br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">sandyf (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 There seems to be some confusion between the availability of IQD at banks and forex, the two are not directly related.\u00a0<strong>There are many levels of forex and all Art 14 currencies can be traded without being available at banks. International banks will normally only deal in Art 8 currencies but may do so at their own risk.\u00a0<u>It is Art 8 that guarantees redemption by the central bank.<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0Around here there are a few local Art 14 currencies and they are all available at banks because the foreign nationals are present in the country.<br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Frank26 (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0IMO ON MONDAY IN KW&#8230;THE LL (long line) DOES NOT SEEK A BUDGET FROM A&#8230;BUT MORE SO AN EXPLANATION OF&#8230;IRAQ&#8217;S CURRENCY!<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0[<em>Of course they aren&#8217;t going to talk about their budget, who cares about that!\u00a0<u>I would want to know about the laws that are going to protect me, how I am going to exchange my currency while doing business, the banking laws that will protect my company &amp; my contracts, the transfers, payments, insurances &#8230; the who, what, why and how about everything IQD<\/u><\/em>.]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>YES&#8230;YOU ARE NOW&#8230;GETTING THE TRUE PICTURE OF&#8230;THE KW CONF!!!<\/strong><br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Sources: away from the Kurds National Alliance and the Union of forces agree to pass the budget<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9c998969b63acdb676d1-37595348221e1b716e1a6cfee3ed7891.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/almpics\/2015\/09\/RTR34QNS.jpg\/RTR34QNS-870.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image result for picture of Kurdish National Alliance\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sources &#8211; away from the Kurds National Alliance and the Union of forces agree to pass the budget Parliamentary sources confirmed that the National Alliance in the House of Representatives, reaching an agreement with the Union of forces to pass the budget without the Kurds who oppose the proportion allocated to them in the budget, while likely to move Kurdish budget without counting the proportion of 17% of the region, threatening to take steps to escalate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority of the deputies of the National Alliance agreed with the Union of Forces to pass the budget away from the Kurds as they continue to object to the proportion of the province in the budget law,\u201d he said, adding that \u201d The Kurds withdrew from the session of parliament, which saw the second reading of the budget, but their withdrawal did not affect the reading because it has not been put to the vote yet.<\/p>\n<p>The source, who did not disclose his name, said that \u201cthe Kurds stand against the vote on the budget and their insistence on the previous proportion of the budget for the region 17%,\u201d pointing out that \u201cthe budget today was built on the basis of population ratios in addition to that many cities and regions need funds Great for their reconstruction. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>For his part, MP MP from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Peston Zankana, pass the budget without counting the percentage demanded by the Kurds and threatened political escalation if the National Alliance and the Union of Forces implemented the scenario they agreed upon.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/span><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Mnt Goat (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Okay so where are we now in the investment<\/em>?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8230;I did dig deeper and found that the rollout is being stalled due to two items:\u00a0\u00a0<strong>First issue are the mandates to pay the salaries, retirees and pensions and to be all caught up in reoccurring debt.\u00a0 Second is budgetary issues. They need to resolve these issues including the Article 140 issues with Kurdistan.<\/strong>\u00a0We know that the KRG is the main reason why the budget is not being passed. So they already had a reading of the budget. The Iraqi Euphrates reports that the legal committee confirmed that\u00a0<strong>parliament will complete the second reading of the budget during the meeting on Sunday, while pointing out that the proposed vote will be after four days.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0[post 1 of 2&#8230;.stay tuned]<br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Mnt Goat (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>So are they targeting to have the FOREX rates out before this Kuwaiti Donor Conference<\/em>? I am being told they had targeted for this weeks ago and so this is why they are rushing the budget now before parliament.<strong>\u00a0<u>The conference runs from Feb 12th thru Feb 14th<\/u>. If you look at the recent news and look at the date there is no way they are going to have this budget passed before the Donor Conference. So I do not believe this will have any impact on getting the RV any sooner&#8230;it is looking like maybe by the end of next week, at the earliest.<\/strong>\u00a0 [post 2 of 2]<br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Frank26 (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 IN TEAM CHAT&#8230;I GAVE\u00a0&#8230;3 POWERFUL THINGS TO CONSIDER&#8230;THEN ONE FINAL ONE.\u00a0\u00a0 FOR THE REST OF KONA&#8230;\u00a0 [&#8230;<em>Can you give us a hint&#8230;please<\/em>!] \u00a0<strong>\u00a0&#8230;IMO&#8230;IT&#8217;S NOT THAT THEY THINK NOR CONSIDER THE RI&#8230;.IT IS THAT THEY DO IT.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0OUR TEAMS HAVE NOTICED A NEW PATTERN WITH AMERICAN BANKS:\u00a0 MANY OF THE &#8220;FOUR&#8221; ARE SENDING THEIR CUSTOMERS NEW PROCEDURES ON FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSFERS&#8230;VIA WIRING OR JUST ABOUT THEIR ACCOUNTS.\u00a0<strong><u>\u00a0IF THIS WAS JUST ON &#8221;CURRENCIES&#8221; &#8230;THEN THAT WOULD BE NORMAL&#8230;BUT&#8230;THEY TARGET &#8220;FOREIGN CURRENCIES&#8221;<\/u>!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>ALSO&#8230;BANK ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE NORMALLY DONE AT THE START OF A YEAR&#8230;NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY IMO<\/strong>.\u00a0 &#8230;NEW ATTITUDE.<br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Chattels (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0I was asked whether I thought that the rate, impliedly &#8221; new rate &#8221; was in the budget.\u00a0\u00a0<strong><u>I seriously doubt that any increase in the value of the dinar is going to be forecast in \/ by the budget<\/u>.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8230;there is a discernable rate \/ value to the dinar evinced in the budget. That value in my time has always been the current value of the dinar<\/strong>.\u00a0 The budget is a months long process.\u00a0<em>Is Iraq going to announce an increase in the value of the dinar in their draft budge<\/em>t?<strong>\u00a0I don&#8217;t think so<\/strong>.<br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Former minister: $ 500 billion will return to the state by applying the law &#8220;Where do you get this&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mawazin.net\/uploads\/files\/2018\/%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B7%202\/3-2%20Pm\/3.jpg?resize=510%2C287\" alt=\" \" width=\"510\" height=\"287\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Baghdad &#8211; Mawazine News &#8211;<\/strong> Former Minister of Water Resources Mohsen Al-Shammari revealed that 500 billion dollars will be returned to the State Treasury in the event that a law is applied where you come from (better translated &#8220;Where did you get this&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>The House of Representatives on Saturday, during the session of the House of Representatives first reading of the proposed law on graft &#8220;Where you get this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Former Minister of Water Resources Mohsen al-Shammari, it is likely to recover 500 billion dollars to the state treasury if the law applies&#8221; Where do you get this? &#8220;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\">http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>BGG ~ 500 Billion USD is an awful lot of money&#8230; especially when you consider Iraq is only asking for 100 Billion for their COMPLETE rebuilding process.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>This is the size and scope of their corruption problem. This bill will be a problem. Everyone voting on it is crooked. Kinda&#8217; like trying to get term limits passed here.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">G-Lin (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Financial Advisor-Abadi: the agreement with the IMF is forcing the Government to &#8220;observe<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Quote:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Saleh noted&#8230;<\/em><em>another important thing is the Conference Kuwait,\u00a0<u>how Iraq can go to a Of the Conference and communicate with the donor countries and is not able to adopt balanced? This is a very negative signal for this budget must be authenticated before Kuwait Conference\u00bb<\/u><\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0Wow<\/strong><strong>&#8230;So the IMF is still keeping their foot on Iraq&#8217;s neck.<em>\u00a0Is this saying they need to get their budget in place before Kuwait Conderence<\/em><\/strong>? Iraq may very well walk away from this conference empty handed. The west wants assurances&#8230;<br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni\u00a0(Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Financial expert for &#8220;Economy News&#8221;: Rising oil prices helped lower dollar exchange rates&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0 Quote:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>The witness exchange rates declined significantly, as the dollar exchange rate in local markets reached this day, to 123.750 dinars per $ 100.&#8221;\u00a0 Sounds like the spread is going down. 1237 to $1<\/em>.&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0 [..<em>.Needs to be around 1202 to begin 90 day IMF compliance, I think<\/em>?]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Once they are in compliance it will be interesting to see if the IMF makes them wait the 90 days. We may see a concession on the time.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Stryker (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Topics\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Parliamentary Finance: Things are moving quickly towards the adoption of the budge<\/em>t&#8221;; &#8220;<em>Masoum stresses Iraq&#8217;s urgent need for a solid and open economy<\/em>&#8220;;\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Economist reveals the future of the dollar exchange rate in local markets<\/em>&#8220;<strong>\u00a0\u00a0 &#8230;Things are starting to heat up for Iraq<\/strong>; it&#8217;s time for action in the form of implementation and less talk!!!<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>Kuwait is considering converting Iraq&#8217;s compensation to the projects and investments<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0 [<em>If they settle it this way it could be 1 step closer to article VIII.]\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><strong>\u00a0Not related&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 Article VIII is based on monetary policy and the IMF. \u00a0\u00a0<u>If Kuwait agrees to such a thing the benefit would be with the United Nations Security Council closing the reparations file and any subsequent resolutions.<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alforatnews.com\/uploads\/news\/image\/medium\/story_img_5a74686452470.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"Masoum stresses Iraq's urgent need for a solid and open economy \" \/><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Masoum stresses Iraq\u2019s urgent need for a solid and open economy<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>{Baghdad: Al-Furat News}<\/strong> President Fuad Masum, stressed the urgent need of Iraq to build a solid economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe great victory that our people have achieved on the organization of the terrorist advocate has strengthened Iraq\u2019s regional and international standing,\u201d Masoum said during a speech at a conference of ambassadors and heads of missions in Iraq held by the Foreign Ministry on Friday, adding that international respect for Iraq\u2019s strategic status as a force of terrorism Because it gives him a valuable opportunity to strengthen and multiply the possibilities of progress and construction and achieve security and peace. \u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\">http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">mike (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Washington reaffirms its support for the Iraqi economy<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Iraq&#8217;s leadership just don&#8217;t get it,<strong>\u00a0the US is ready and chomping at the bit to get the TIFA side of the the project moving and all Iraq has to do is pass the legislation for the banks and the economy and get out of the way. But they don&#8217;t and then complain about it. We&#8217;re not going to:\u00a0<em>&#8220;give a signal to US companies that Iraq is open for business.&#8221;<\/em>It&#8217;s not true<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0Iraq still has some heavy lifting to do before the country is open for outside investment.\u00a0<\/strong>Property rights, business ownership, the currency, the banks and the economy are not attractive to US investment on a large scale if it doesn&#8217;t pertain to oil, it&#8217;s just too risky.\u00a0Your move Abadi.<br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">G-Lin (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>CBI Signature of the deposit guarantee company<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Quote:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>In accordance with the duties of the Central Bank of Iraq provided for in its law and in order to ensure the stability of the banking sector and increase confidence in it, &#8220;the contract of establishment of the bank deposit guarantee company was signed with the founding body<\/em>&#8220;.\u00a0\u00a0 This is CBI taking action on a law that was already in place.<strong>\u00a0I have to assume that by the signing of this Doc between the banks and the company providing the insurance for the deposits, this was implemented today.<\/strong>\u00a0Very much like our FDIC.\u00a0<strong>This is huge news. Investors and the public will now feel safer with their money in the banks. Iraq needed to do this before the Kuwait extravaganza and also it will pull that mattress money out of hiding.<\/strong><br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Enorrste (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Central Bank: Signing a contract to establish a deposit guarantee company with 44 banks<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0I sense that the IMF is still in the background pushing Iraq forward slowly.<\/strong>\u00a0 Like KAP\u00a0\u00a0<strong>I&#8217;m reluctant to get too excited until we see this actually implemented and deposits start to flow into the banks<\/strong>.<br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Adam Montana (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0Not sure if anyone noticed, but this has been a great week for Dinar.<\/strong>\u00a0I know, the price didn&#8217;t move. We&#8217;re not at our &#8220;Post RV&#8221; destination right now, and that&#8217;s a bummer for some people. But let&#8217;s get real&#8230; back to the basics. Did you see anything BAD about IQD this week? I didn&#8217;t think so. How many weeks in a row is it possible that I can say that? More importantly&#8230; how many weeks in a row can that be said without something breaking?!!\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0We&#8217;re close. It&#8217;s only a matter of time, a practice in patience, and some sweet sweet victory soon&#8230;It&#8217;s going to happen, and no amount of analyzation or hypothesizing on my part will change it.<\/strong><br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Altaheera.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26860 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Altaheera.jpg?resize=602%2C189\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Special for change .. Abadi of parliament: the international community will not help Iraq if the budget is not approved<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Quoting the channel of change .. Abadi of parliament: the international community will not help Iraq if the budget is not approved<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Altahreernews.com<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>BGG ~ Oh wow. We&#8217;ll this pretty much spells it out. However, keep in mind &#8211; this is likely Abadi talking TO his Parliament, urging them to adopt their budget.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>When I initially started down this line of reasoning, I had no idea international sentiment was as tough as it appears to be. WOW!!<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The UN, IMF and WB all appear to want to support Iraq in the worst way &#8211; but it also very much appears there are results that are yet required.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>P.S. This might also explain this very direct, &#8220;hands on&#8221; push by Abadi to get the budget done.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>We wait and watch.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Financial expert for &#8220;Economy News&#8221;: Rising oil prices helped lower dollar exchange rates<\/em>\u00a0&#8221;\u00a0<strong>Sounds like the spread is going down.\u00a0 1237 to $1.<\/strong><br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Chattels (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<u><strong>A red letter day in Iraqi banking reform<\/strong><\/u>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<u><em>Central Bank: Signing a contrac<\/em><\/u><u><em>t to establish a deposit guarantee company with 44 ban<\/em>ks<\/u>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Quotes:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>&#8220;It is expected that this company will play a major role in protecting the banking sector<\/em>&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;<em>the company&#8217;s capital is 100 billion dinars, of which 55 billion dinars from government and private banks where the proportion of government banks 25% and private banks 30% and the remaining 45 billion dinars will be put for public subscription.<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0[<em>This is good news. Am I reading this right that the Deposit Insurance program&#8217;s funding is $84 million dollars, or 100 billion dollars<\/em>?]\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0My read on the text is that it is 100 billion dinar (or 84 million dollars ?), of which 55 billion or 55 % is from the government (30%) and private banks (25%) and the remaining 45 billion (45%) will be sold to the public.<\/strong><br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">MilitiaMan (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>US Deputy Secretary of State: We are committed to Iraq with the strategic framework agreement<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0 Quote:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Announced that the\u00a0US State Department on\u00a0Tuesday January 30, 2018, a summary of\u00a0deputy Minister John Sullivan meetings in Iraq, as he stressed his country &#8216;s\u00a0commitment to &#8220;strategic framework agreement&#8221; with Iraq<\/em>, &#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<u>Looks like they are sealing the deal for everyone to get the picture.<\/u>\u00a0They mean business. They didn&#8217;t do all this work for nothing. They are doing it all for the Foreign investors.\u00a0<u>They will need a trade-able\u00a0international\u00a0rate a PROVEN one<\/u><\/strong>&#8230; eos.<br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h1><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mawazin.net\/uploads\/files\/2018\/january\/30-1\/afwe.jpg?resize=578%2C325\" alt=\" \" width=\"578\" height=\"325\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Al-Alusi: Donor countries will not pay one dirham to a corrupt government<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Special Mawazine News &#8211;<\/strong> Parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi said on Tuesday that donor countries would not pay one dirham to a government accused of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The donor countries can not be assured of their support at the donor conference to be held in Kuwait next month,&#8221; Alusi told Mawazine News.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those countries will not give Iraq a single dirham, because the government and the conservatives are accused of corruption,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The states have informed the Iraqi government and politicians (we will not give you money because you are not trustworthy),&#8221; Alusi said.<\/p>\n<p>The government has earlier announced efforts to coordinate with the Kuwaiti government to invite more than 70 countries to the donors conference scheduled to be held in Kuwait in February.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mawazin.net\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AD%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%B9-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A7-%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AF%D8%A9\/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9\">Source<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Paul Moseley &#8211; &#8220;BGG YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD&#8221;!!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>BGG ~\u00a0Another accurate portrayal in the news. That is all. Thank you though \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>I have been talking the last however long about what Abadi needs to do along the lines of a real fight against corruption and why. Then I came out and did a fairly long dissertation on the matter. Some people didn&#8217;t like what I had to say&#8230; I only call it the way I see it.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Then this came out today&#8230;<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>&#8230;&#8221;Those countries will not give Iraq a single dirham, because the government and the conservatives are accused of corruption,&#8221; he said&#8230;<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>This might explain the less-than-luke-warm response Abadi got while at Davos.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">BGG &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Article:\u00a0 \u201c<em>Associated Press:\u00a0Donor countries will ask Iraq guarantees not to go to corrupt money<\/em>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<strong>This is EXACTLY the case I have been laying out. Abadi is on a roll \u2013 but he needs to keep rolling!!<\/strong><br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">mike (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Article quote:\u00a0 &#8220;&#8230;<em>confirmed that Iraq imports 99 percent of its needs, indicating it is estimated at 50 billion dollars<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Iraq is relying on the Balassa-Samuelson effect in order to slowly raise the value of the dinar that exports create. There won&#8217;t be any demand for the dinar if they don&#8217;t stop importing everything they consume and start creating their own goods<\/strong>.<br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">Angelquest (Dinar Guru) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #c23b3b;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 Article:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Deputy: The government has completed the file of participation in the donor conference and<u>the budget must be passed before it is held. . the budget must be ready and voted before the conference<\/u><\/em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0Abadi hasn&#8217;t pushed the budget AT ALL &#8211; for Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan..\u00a0<u>I think he&#8217;s ready&#8230; and that&#8217;s VERY VERY suspicious that he hasn&#8217;t.. which makes me think the rate is in it<\/u><\/strong>&#8230;and&#8230;I&#8217;m thinking he lowered the Kurds to 12% months ago &#8211; intentionally, possibly, just knowing the hoopla it would cause &#8211; such as no quorum, etc.. makes sense to me &#8211; cuz &#8211;<strong>\u00a0he didn&#8217;t want that budget seen, or done, or voted yet.. so &#8211; tossed a wrench in it on purpose.<\/strong><br \/>\n____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h1><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thebaghdadpost.com\/Content\/Upload\/slider\/112017261666243890765.jpg?resize=579%2C386\" width=\"579\" height=\"386\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Abadi&#8217;s war against corruption must begin with Maliki and his henchmen<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Corruption is the most dangerous obstacle against Iraq&#8217;s development. As the country enjoys many natural resources like minerals and oil, the international community is concerned with Iraq&#8217;s high level of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Corruption in Iraq has caused severe poverty in Iraq, which led to civil and sectarian strife that caused the extreme damages to the country&#8217;s infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shia parties lead corruption&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/\">http:\/\/www.dinarupdates.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: x-large;\"><b>Post RV Checklist (it&#8217;s getting to be that time!! Listen up!!)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Dos and Don&#8217;ts of Windfall Wealth:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Treat it like a PowerBall win<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Tell no one, not even family. 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