Friday, September 8, 2023
Dollar prices remain stable in Baghdad, rise in Erbil amid market closure, 8 SEPT
Dollar prices in Baghdad and Erbil markets stabilized on Thursday
At the end of the trading session on the Al-Kifah and Al-Harithiya stock exchanges in Baghdad, the exchange rate for the US dollar remained at $154,000 against $100.
In local exchange shops in Baghdad, prices for selling USD remained at 155,000 Iraqi dinars per 100 dollars, while the purchasing price was steady at 153,000 dinars.
In Erbil, the exchange rate for USD increased slightly to 154,600 IQD per 100 USD for selling and 154,500 IQD per 100 USD for buying.
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Oil prices inch up on expected US crude stock decline
Oil prices rose on Thursday after industry data indicated a decrease in U.S. crude oil inventories last week, signaling tightening supplies along with extended production cuts in Saudi Arabia and Russia.
Market sources citing American Petroleum Institute figures said that the US crude oil inventories were projected to drop by 5.5 million barrels in the week ending Sept. 1, after the market settlement.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration will release official inventory data on Thursday at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT).
Brent crude futures increased to $90.72 a barrel by 0019 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) futures rose to $87.65.
On Tuesday, oil prices saw a sudden rise. The reason behind this was the announcement made by Saudi Arabia and Russia to extend voluntary oil supply cuts until the end of the year. Saudi Arabia has decided to cut its oil supply by 1 million barrels per day (bpd) while Russia has cut its supply by 300,000 bpd. These cuts are in addition to the cut that was agreed upon by several OPEC+ producers in April, which will continue to run until the end of 2024.
"RV UPDATE" BY SANDY INGRAM & MILITIAMAN, 8 SEPT
Militia Man
Why haven't they [Paid the salaries]? There's got to be a reason for it and we believe it comes down to that the 23, 24, 25 budget is going to have an internationally acceptable exchange rate that's going to be on the Forex so that we all as investors can freely trade the Iraqi dinar in an international environment. That's the whole purpose of us being here...
We have Standard & Poor giving them [Iraq] a stable outlook to an increasing positive outlook becausethey're now exporting agricultural wares and they have non-oil revenue streams coming in at the borders.
That's why they're beginning to look good - because of the investment environment is ripe.
Article: "Thousands of people demonstrated in Doha Governate Tuesday morning against the federal government's policy of not granting the rights of the people of the Kurdistan region and represented by the monthly salaries of employees..." ...People want their money. You have to ask the question,
COFFEE WITH MARKZ, (SPANISH), 8 SEPT
Mark Z y Michael Cottrell Charla del viernes por la mañana 9-8-2023
Najaf MP calls for investigation into dollar manipulation at Mosul Bank branch in Najaf Airport, 8 SEPT
Najaf MP calls for investigation into dollar manipulation at Mosul Bank branch in Najaf Airport, 8 SEPT
Shafaq News / The MP for Najaf governorate, Ahmed Majid, called on Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani on Thursday to intervene and stop the manipulation and embezzlement of dollars at the Mosul Investment and Development Bank branch at Najaf Airport.
Majid told Shafaq News Agency that "the Integrity Commission (CoI) revealed that the Mosul Investment and Development Bank, Najaf Airport branch, transferred the airport's balance from dollars to dinars at the official rate and closed its current account despite the need for dollars."
He added that "the Mosul Investment and Development Bank is considered an economic party and has caused the waste of public money estimated at 1.14 billion dinars due to converting revenues from dollars to dinars and disbursing money at the official rate."
Majid emphasized that he has submitted a request to PM Al Sudani to "open a high-level investigation into the embezzlement of funds and dismiss the director of Najaf Airport due to the airport's management's complicity with the bank's management."
Earlier, CoI announced that it had seized all documents related to violations committed by the Mosul Investment and Development Bank at Najaf Airport, which resulted in the loss of more than one billion dinars. It pointed out that this was due to the airport management's failure to take legal action against the bank, which allowed the bank to exploit and benefit from these violations.
No comment has been obtained from the bank or Najaf Airport regarding this information.
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