Thursday, August 12, 2021

WOTS WED AUG 11 21 The government has no intention of changing the price of the dollar for two years..and reveals the reason

WOTS WED AUG 11 21  

The government has no intention of changing the price of the dollar for two years..and reveals the reason


No My FX Buddies Podcast today.


 (August 11, 2021), which recorded its stability on the rise against the Iraqi dinar.

The price of the dollar today in Iraq came in the local markets and the Iraqi stock exchanges in the capital, Baghdad, Basra and Erbil as follows:

The exchange rate of the dollar against the Iraqi dinar in Iraq today, Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Baghdad - Kifah Stock Exchange
147,850

In most Baghdad exchanges
buying 147,250selling 148,250

Al Harthiya - Bursa
147,875

Erbil - Bursa
147,900

Basra - Bursa
147,950

Dohuk - Bursa
148,100

Sulaymaniyah - Bursa
148,100

Mosul - Bursa
148,100



The Markets:
The Asian markets closed up NIK up by .65% HSI up by .20% SHANG up by .08%
The UK markets are currently trading in the green mostly from .12% to .47% DAX down by .05%
Our futures are currently trading mixed  DOW at 35166 up  by .03% SNP at 4425.50 down  by .10% NDX at 15014.75 down  by .20%

Precious Metals:
Gold is green at 1738 Silver is green  at 23.44 Copper is red at 433 Platinum is green at 1012 
Brent 69 WTI  67   Bitcoin: 39,907 10 yr yield: 1.37


Things in the News:
Iraqi Articles:

Economist: The government has no intention of changing the price of the dollar for two years..and reveals the reason

link    keep in mind this is not the CBI saying this 

An economist ruled out the government's intention to change the dollar's exchange rate and return it to its previous position.

Basem Jamil Antoine told {Euphrates News}: "The government is not thinking of returning the dollar to its previous value because it found a solution in it, and the white paper agrees on that."

He added, "There will be no change in the government, neither in the next budget 2022 nor the one after 2023, in the price of the dollar, and it will be a continuous pattern, as purchasing power has decreased and the poor have become poorer."

Antoine considered the start of the Ministry of Finance to prepare the next budget as a "good step."

He pointed out, "The financial deficit decreases because revenues have risen and the financial difference in the price of a barrel of oil approved in the budget from the current price is large and achieves great results."

It is noteworthy that the Central Bank of Iraq decided on January 19 last to make a significant change in the dollar exchange rate, as follows:

1450 dinars per dollar, the purchase price of foreign currency from the Ministry of Finance.
1460 dinars per dollar, the price of selling foreign currency to banks.
1470 dinars per dollar, the price of selling foreign currency to the public.


Al-Kazemi criticized the entrances to Baghdad: It is not worthy of the capital and its position

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Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi criticized on Wednesday the entrances to the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, for being neglected and outdated, and the spread of rubbish around them, describing them as "not worthy of the capital and its position."

This came in an inspection tour that he conducted for the Dora-Youssoufia highway project, accompanied by the engineering angel in the project, in addition to his briefing on the work’s joints and the stages of completion.

A government statement stated that Al-Kazemi held a meeting with the engineering owners of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Municipalities, and the owners of the company executing the project, where he thanked the technical and engineering staff, and all project workers, stressing that it constitutes the beginning of correcting many projects that remained ink on paper without real implementation, for reasons Many come in the forefront of corruption, and mismanagement.

Al-Kazemi explained that this project has been designed for decades, and it is of great importance, and it is necessary to be a model for correcting the situation in the future, with regard to the development of important roads in Iraq and all other projects.

The Prime Minister also confirmed that all the needs for the implementation of this project will be met. With the aim of completing it on time, His Excellency directed the competent authorities to pay attention to the entrances to Baghdad, which are currently not worthy of the capital and its position.

It is noteworthy that the Dora-Youssoufia highway is one of the important and strategic roads, and will contribute to solving the traffic congestion crisis.


Parliament expresses a position on the recent US sanctions imposed on Iraqi figures 

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Today, Tuesday, a member of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee, Karim Aliwi, commented on the United States of America imposing new sanctions on .Iraqi parties and personalities Aliwi told (Baghdad Today), "These sanctions are unilateral, and they are not international sanctions or contain recommendations from the UN Security Council, and these sanctions aim to undermine every party and person that confronts US projects in the region, which work to destabilize the security and stability of the ".region

And he indicated that "the Iraqi government is immediately required to intervene and prevent any sanctions against any Iraqi citizen and against any party that worked to defend Iraq and the Iraqis and worked to support the Iraqi forces in liberating the territories from the terrorist organization ISIS, which America contributed to bringing ".into Iraq

With American participation"...the launch of a major military operation in western Iraq

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On Wednesday, the Iraqi army launched a major military operation to pursue ISIS elements in the Al-Rutba desert in Anbar Governorate, in the west of the country, with the support of the international coalition aircraft led by the United States.  

The source told Shafaq News Agency, that a major military operation was launched today in the Rutba desert, under the supervision and planning of the Joint Operations Command.

The source explained, "The Iraqi army forces, the Counter-Terrorism Service, the Rapid Response Service, the army's aviation, the international coalition and the air force participated in the operation," noting that "the operation aims to pursue the remnants of ISIS."

Lieutenant-General Abdul-Amir Al-Shammari, Deputy Commander of Joint Operations, had arrived in Anbar Governorate to supervise the operation.

In turn, the Security Media Cell said, through a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, that units of the Iraqi army, the Counter-Terrorism Service and the Rapid Response Division began, at dawn today, to implement a wide security operation in the Rutba desert within the Anbar Operations Sector, with air support from the Air Force and aviation. The army and aviation of the international coalition.

She explained that the operation came according to accurate intelligence information, and based on the efforts and reconnaissance of the Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency in the Ministry of Interior, and under planning and under the supervision of the Joint Operations Command. 

She indicated that this operation comes to pursue the remnants of ISIS terrorist gangs, search for their hideouts, and to clear the areas within the sector of responsibility.


Oil prices drop below $70 a barrel

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Oil prices fell below $70 a barrel today, as they came under pressure after the White House called on "OPEC" and its allies to boost production, in an effort to curb the rise in gasoline prices in the United States.

By 13:55 Moscow time, US crude futures "West Texas Intermediate" fell by 1.14% to $ 67.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent crude futures fell by 1.02% to $69.91 a barrel, according to Bloomberg website data.


The Council of Ministers decides Iraq's accession to the Asian Investment Bank agreement for infrastructure

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The Council of Ministers decided to authorize the Minister of Foreign Affairs to sign the application for the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Asian Investment Bank’s Infrastructure Agreement, after preparing the authorization from the Ministry of Finance, and paying Iraq’s contribution to the aforementioned bank’s capital, among the allocations of the general federal budget to the Ministry of Finance (for the year 2021). ) by making a transfer.

The decision also included determining the share of Iraq’s contribution from the shares in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to the upper limit, with (250) shares of the capital, consisting of (50) paid-up shares, equivalent to (20%) and remaining (200) shares, which equals (80%). ) is not paid and on call


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 August 11th, 2021 total sales amount $223,446,551

including   $41,410,000. CASH 


ISX Update:   

www.isx-iq.net/

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

8-11-2021   Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat   ...today in our news for this period we hear that they have done exactly what Allawi said they would do way back from oct 2020. It is almost 9 months later but they got it done and our now moving head on implementing the White Paper. Boy are they so slow in getting anything done and that is part of their problem.  That is why we wait for the RV so long.
8-10-2021   Intel Guru MarkZ   [via PDK]  [will you be wearing the golden egg shirt tomorrow Mark?]  I hope to be wearing it but based on the progress we are seeing with the bonds I still think we have a couple more days to wait. But, it certainly appears to be very close. The perfect storm is raging around us.

8-10-2021   Intel Guru Fleming   Our military intel contact is confirming Mr. Fleming's sources saying that the RV teams were working all weekend...His info is that ...Mon 9 Aug the RV teams met and reviewed progress toward the release this week and our guy's info is that at 12:17 pm EST a release was given to proceed toward the shotgun liquidity cascading event--his info is the roll out is still on schedule for this week...notifications starting exchanges by the middle to the end of this week...it is really coming now...  

8-10-2021   Intel Guru Frank26  Article: "The exchange rate of the dinar enters the electoral fray in Iraq"  They're talking about the exchange rate again and they're doing it because there's an election coming up.  This is perfect timing because the 'good guys' are telling the citizens about a change in the exchange rate and new currency coming out.  Now the 'bad guys' are doing the same thing.  Why?  Because they want to buy votes...

8-10-2021   Newshound Guru Breitling  We're getting indications from Warka [Iraqi Bank] because they passed laws/set the infrastructure so they can do more international business with their currency.  Not the U.S. dollar...their biggest solution is to add value to their own currency.  They're not going to come out at a super low rate because it wouldn't fix anything...a currency that's worth nothing, how's that going to help Iraq?

8-10-2021   Intel Guru Holly  At 1:30 pm EST Sun 8 Aug. progress began toward overnight lockdown of rates and procedures for all tiers and levels which would lead to payouts globally at all levels including Tier 4B this week.

8-10-2021   Intel Guru MarkZ   [via PDK]  I think this is an important piece that we are...seeing progress on the bond side. We know historic bond redemptions have to get to a certain level before they pull the trigger for us. At least that is what I am being told…and what everyone else in the game is being told. We will continue to watch it. So nothing negative today and we are still seeing movement. Slow, steady progress…the tortoise wins the race. Maybe August has been their target along and we were just overly optimistic it was happening sooner...Nobody knows the exact timing... Bankers are just living on a “stand by” mode on the currency side of this.

8-10-2021   Intel Guru Frank26  What's in the White Papers?  IMO the exchange rate...The White Papers are in the budget Does the budget have the new exchange rate Yeah.  What else is in the budget The HCL Is the new rate used in the HCL Yeah...

8-10-20221   Newshound/Intel Guru Walkingstick  [via Guru Frank26]  The monetary reform has to be wrapped up in the economic reform.  Many article are proving it day after day...you can't have the economic reform without the monetary reform first...the Iraqi citizens like that because they're going to get jobs/because of their economic explosion/because of the monetary reform...Kazemi is talking about both reforms and promising to the citizens that it's coming...

8-10-2021   Newshound Guru Kaperoni  ...The white papers have nothing to do with Iraq's exchange rate. White Papers are a roadmap of sorts to  implement a private sector market economy.


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)

Cabinet Spokesperson: It has been voted to grant the Ministry of Culture the right to use heritage homes to protect them from extinction.
Cabinet Spokesperson: Allocating 750 million IQD to the Ministry of Culture to provide professional safety 
conditions for the House of Books and Documents.
Cabinet Spokesperson: The Cabinet approved the National Security Apparatus law and it will be referred to Parliament for approval.
Cabinet Spokesperson: The Prime Minister recommended providing all means for the success of the upcoming elections.
Cabinet Spokesperson: We started checking the data of the forms submitted to obtain plots of land to determine the eligible ones.
Cabinet Spokesperson, the Minister of Culture @HassanNadhem, holds a press conference in Baghdad to brief the media on today’s Cabinet meeting and developments in Iraq.
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ARTICLE 3

Raisi: “Baghdad Conference” .. a “blessed” Iraqi step
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi receives Iraqi Foreign Minister
August 10, 2021  07:41 PM

Today, Tuesday, Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi received an invitation to attend the regional conference that Baghdad intends to host at the end of this month, considering that holding it is a "blessed" Iraqi step, according to the Iranian presidency.

Raisi received the invitation from Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein, who had arrived earlier Tuesday in Tehran.

The presidency clarified that Raisi "thanked" the Iraqi minister for the invitation, without specifying whether the President of the Islamic Republic intends to attend the conference to which a number of leaders of Iraq's neighboring countries were invited.

Raisi considered that "Iraq's step in establishing this summit is a blessed step."

The statement quoted the president as saying that "cooperation among the countries of the region without foreign interference is the basic condition for stabilizing the region's security, establishing peace for its countries and providing prosperity for its countries."

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ARTICLE 4

Sulaymaniyah... Launching the "Made in Iraq" exhibition with the participation of 45 companies (photos)
2021-08-10 08:57

Shafaq News/ The activities of the Sulaymaniyah National Industries Exhibition kicked off on Tuesday, with the participation of 45 Iraqi companies from various industrial and food specialties, in a move to encourage the local consumer to support national production.

The organization of the National Exhibition of Iraqi Industries, Azhar al-Janabi, told Shafaq News Agency, "Encouraging and supporting the Iraqi industrial sector needs the government's cooperation with the citizen and the establishment of a real national economic system."

She added, "These exhibitions are an economic gateway for acquaintance between Iraqi companies and investors in the Kurdistan Region."

For his part, the deputy of Al-Fares Company affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Minerals, Farhan Muhammad, confirmed to Shafaq News Agency, "This exhibition is a good initiative for Iraqi companies and industries to display their sober national production in front of the imported production that competes with them in terms of quality and efficiency."

Muhammad continued; "Through you, we extend an invitation to the government to support national production by all available means to be an important economic outlet in Iraq, and to achieve self-growth and rely on the inside more than the importer."

turn; The owner of the Hilal Company for the manufacture of Iraqi sponges and furniture, Salam Hilal, told Shafaq News, "Our participation today comes within the framework of presenting the Iraqi national production to the Iraqi citizen from north to south, where our production is characterized by quality and appropriate prices that compete with foreigners."

Karwan Hama, one of the exhibition's visitors, told Shafaq News Agency, "The Iraqi industry is very developed and needs support from the Iraqi government to remain in the forefront, and the markets are waiting for Iraqi goods to be away from the importer who burdened the state with hard currency and low economic growth."

Hama expressed his hope that "the concerned people will visit this exhibition and benefit from the experiences in the Iraqi mind."

The exhibition continues for four days, and was attended by the Governor of Sulaymaniyah and a number of government officials at its opening today, and it is sponsored by the Ministries of Industry and Minerals in the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Region.

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ARTICLE 5

Parliamentary committee calls on the government to reveal the financial surplus in the 2021 budget
Tuesday 10 August 2021 | 02:46 PM

A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Abdul Hadi Al-Saadawi, called on the government, on Tuesday, to reveal the financial surplus in the Federal Budget Law for the year 2021, after the rise in international oil prices.

Al-Saadawi said, "The price of a barrel of oil was calculated in the 2021 budget law, at 45 dollars, while global oil prices range today between 65-70 dollars and may exceed that in some days, and therefore the government is required to disclose the surplus of those funds."

He added that "the surplus of these funds is sufficient to fill the financial deficit in the budget law, as well as to finance the stalled vital and strategic projects," wondering, "Where do those funds go?"

And he indicated that "the government and the Ministry of Finance did not talk about the existence of a supplementary budget for the current year's budget law, and therefore they must provide statements regarding the size of the surplus of those funds and ways to benefit from it."

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