Monday, January 4, 2021

WOTS MON JAN 4 21

 WOTS MON JAN 4 21


This is Kazemi out and about amongst the citizens
 



The dollar exchange rate in the markets of Baghdad and the Kurdistan region continues to decline for the third consecutive day.

Today, Monday, the Central Kifah Stock Exchange in Baghdad recorded 143500 Iraqi dinars for 100 US dollars, and the Al-Harithiya Stock Exchange in Baghdad recorded the same price.

Yesterday, Al-Kifah Central Stock Exchange in Baghdad recorded 144,000 Iraqi dinars for 100 US dollars.

This decline for the third consecutive day after the price of the dinar reached 144800 per 100 dollars.

The selling and buying prices also decreased in the exchange shops in the local markets in Baghdad, where the selling price reached 144500 Iraqi dinars, while the purchase prices reached 142,500 dinars per 100 US dollars.

As for Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region, Erbil, dollar prices have also witnessed a decline, and the selling price reached 144,000 per hundred dollars, and the purchase at 143,500 per hundred US dollars


The Markets:
Asian markets closed mixed NIK down by .68% HSI up by .89% SHANG up by .86%
The UK markets are currently trading in the green from .77% to 2.68
Our markets are currently trading in the green the DOW at 30654 by .% SNP at 3768 up by .52% NDX  at 12939 up by  .42%

Precious Metals:
Gold is green at 1934  Silver is green at 27.49 Copper is green at 360  Platinum is green at 1108 
Brent 52  WTi 48

Favorite Currencies Forex Quotes

SymbolBidAskHighLowOpenChangeTime
 USD/IQD  1437.6000  1486.6000 1457.4000 1457.4000 1457.4000  -1.6000 01:34
 USD/VND  23070.0000  23090.0000 23059.1400 23055.3400 23055.3400  5.8600 02:25
 USD/CNY  6.4619  6.4639 6.5312 6.4578 6.5312  -0.0699 05:18
 USD/KWD  0.3032  0.3042 0.3040 0.3037 0.3040  -0.0004 05:12
 GBP/USD  1.3686  1.3688 1.3702 1.3644 1.3665  0.0026 05:19
 USD/IRR  42000.0000  42210.0000 42097.5000 42097.5000 42097.5000  -914.4000 07:13
 USD/IDR  13856.0000  13886.0000 14076.0000 13853.0000 14076.0000  -45.0000 05:18



Things in the News:
Saturday is NIO day




Iraqi Articles:
In Case You Missed This one Over the Weekend

Parliamentary Finance reveals to {Al Furat News} the fact that the Central Bank intends to change the dollar's exchange rate

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The Parliamentary Finance Committee revealed, on Saturday, the fact that the Central Bank intends to change the exchange rate of the dollar again.

Committee member Jamal Cougar told {Al Furat News} that "it is not possible for the central bank to re-price the dollar again," stressing that "do not retreat from the new exchange rate and it is unrealistic for the monetary authority to circumvent itself."

Cougar added, "There will be no retreat from changing the exchange rate and no new rate may be adopted because it will confuse the entire market," noting that "we need two weeks to overcome the crisis of changing the price so that citizens adapt to the new price.


Al-Rasheed Bank issues clarification on its permanence

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Al-Rasheed Bank announced Monday that it will resume operations at its branches from Tuesday. 

"Monday is for the purposes of the application and the closure of the bank's doors due to the time of Sunday, January 3, is an official holiday," the bank's information office said in a statement to The Twilight News.

"The bank will resume work on Tuesday to receive its customers and provide banking services," he said.

Al-Rasheed Bank announced on December 26th that withdrawals and deposits for savings accounts would be suspended until January 3, due to the end of the fiscal year and for application purposes only.


Iraq participates in Beni inter-Arab payments platform

The Central Bank of Iraq announced on Monday its participation in the Beni Inter-Arab Payments Platform.

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"The aim is to expand the scope of electronic payments," the bank said in a statement to The Twilight News.

"The platform is working to provide real-time clearing and settlement services for remittances across the borders between Arab countries and arab and international currencies, and the first movement has been implemented through banks between the UAE and the Arab Emirates and the UAE dirham currency," he said.

The Central Bank of Iraq and a number of local banks have already signed an agreement and completed the technical requirements to participate in the project in coordination with the Arab Monetary Fund and work is under way to adopt the Iraqi dinar in the system for the next phase, where the participating banks in the Arab countries will be able to send and receive payments among themselves in a safe and reliable manner, while this platform will help reduce the use of international centers of correspondent banks in clearing and settling Arab payments, which contributes to reducing the time and cost to the accompanying banks and their customers."

 

Oil rises and Brent rises above $52 before OPEC+ meeting

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Oil rose on Monday, supported by a decline in the dollar ahead of an OPEC+ meeting to decide whether it can continue to raise production as the rise in CORONA virus infection stifles the recovery of global energy demand.

Uk Prime Minister Boris Johnson said tougher closures were likely to be needed in England, while Japan was considering another emergency.

However, the demand for oil is better in China, where severe winters and lack of energy are prompting factories to speed up the installation of diesel generators.

The market weighs a fragile outlook for short-term energy demand against an expected recovery later in the year once enough people are vaccinated. Oil was also supported by a weaker dollar, reinforcing the attractiveness of currency-priced commodities.

West Texas Intermediate rose 1.15% to $49.09 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at 0515 GMT.

Brent crude for March also rose 1.2% to $52.43 a barrel on the European Ice Futures Exchange after closing 0.3% on Thursday.

Delegates at Sunday's meeting said several countries, including Saudi Arabia, seemed cautious about increasing production in February. Russia said OPEC, which cut production last year, could add another 500,000 barrels per day next month.

OPEC production rose by 190,000 barrels per day to 25.3 million barrels per day in December, as Libya made gains, according to JBC Energy. Angola, Iran, the UAE, Venezuela and Algeria have also boosted supply. OPEC expects crude oil demand to rise to 95.9 million barrels per day this year from 90 million in 2020.

 

CBI Update:  Just  a note:

They have been having auctions and the ISX has been trading regularly; the sites just don't update in time to put the information in this report, unless it is 
here.   

Click on the link above for the latest update.

The CBI for rate is 1460

The currency auction For January 4, 2021 total sales amount $8,135,000

  including   $ 0. CASH 

ISX Update:   

www.isx-iq.net/

Shares Traded: not updated for today
Value Traded: not updated for today 

1-4-2021  Newshound Guru Mnt Goat  Article:  "PARLIAMENTARY FINANCE: RAISING THE PRICE OF THE DOLLAR WAS DIRECTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND THE WORLD BANK AND WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF POLITICAL BLOCS, NOT THE GOVERNMENT."   the devaluation is a temporary solution, if you can even call it that. It will blow up in their faces, if they don’t now do the project to delete the zeros and reinstate. There is no turning back…

1-3-2021   Newshound Guru Pimpy 
 Article:  "Security Council Sanctions Committee concerning Iraq Removes One Entity from It's Sanction List"   Rafidain Bank has the sanctions against it have been removed.  This is good news.  This means that they obviously have behaved themselves...all is good. 

1-3-2021   Newshound Guru Mnt Goat  Article:  "IT WILL CREATE THOUSANDS OF JOBS AS IRAQ ASPIRES TO BE THE “MAIN STOP” ON THE SILK ROAD"   the “silk road” is not going to happen with a currency that is almost worthless.

1-3-2021   Newshound Guru Pimpy   There's an assumption that the budget has been passed.  I'm not sure that's the case because it says that it's been received.  Article:  "Parliamentary Finance receive the budget and reassures employees about salaries" My guess is that [the budget is not passed] because the agreement between Erbil and Baghdad has not been finalized.  Although the part that matters for the budget to go forward has been agreed upon...  



Catnip's Corner:
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ARTICLE 1 (from PM Kadhimi's website)

At the time this report was submitted, there are no new articles posted on PM Kadhimi's website.

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ARTICLE 2 (from Government of Iraq twitter account)

At the time this report was submitted, there are no new tweets posted on the Government of Iraq twitter account.

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ARTICLE 3

Parliamentary Committee: Questioning the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Central Bank has become an urgent necessity
02/01/2021 13:46 • 
[Baghdad-Where]

The Parliamentary Finance Committee warned, on Saturday, of a future economic disaster in the country, in the event that the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Central Bank remain in their posts, confirming that their questioning in Parliament has become a popular and political demand.

A member of the committee, MP Thamer Theban Al-Hamdani, stated in a press statement. "The questioning of the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Central Bank has become a popular and political demand, due to the continuous failures in managing the financial crisis.

He added, "The next sessions of Parliament will witness the questioning of Finance Minister Ali Abdul Amir Allawi, as a first reform step for the work of state institutions."

Al-Hamdani pointed out, "The choice of the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Central Bank was a wrong decision from the beginning, and it must be addressed before the situation deteriorates further."

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ARTICLE 4

Its approval will not be done quickly ... A parliamentarian reveals the doors of amendment in the current year’s budget

01/2/2021 10:09 • 
[Baghdad_Where]
A deputy in the House of Representatives revealed, on Saturday, the doors of the amendment in the current year’s budget.
"It is not expected that the budget will be approved quickly, because there are many paragraphs and points that Parliament have objections to, and therefore it will be subject to amendment," said Hussein Arab, a member of the Iraqi bloc.
Regarding the doors of the amendment, Arab stated that "the amendment will mainly be with the expenditures that include ministries and other departments, in addition to the issue of raising the price of the Iraqi dinar, financial abundance and borrowing, as all these matters will be subject to amendment,"
and between, "However, there is not yet a complete agreement. On the nature of the amendments or their mechanisms. "
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ARTICLE 5

Al-Rafidain issues a directive regarding attracting investment companies and granting loans to them
1/3/2021 12:09 • 
[Baghdad-Where] 

On Sunday, Rafidain Bank instructed its branches in Baghdad and the governorates to attract companies and investors who wish to obtain financing and grant loans to them for the purpose of completing their various investment projects.

The bank’s media office said in a statement. The bank’s general manager held an extended meeting with a number of branch managers and delegates in the country's governorates to discuss the mechanism of banking and the services provided to citizens.

The statement added that "the director general of the bank stressed the need for the banking sector to contribute to supporting and revitalizing the private sector in various fields."

He stressed "providing the best banking services to customers and working to their transactions procedures and to develop solutions to problems and obstacles that obstruct the completion of transactions as quickly as possible and without obstacles far from the routine.

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