[via PDK] ...today at 4:15 pm the Fed will have a meeting on “FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES” This does not pop up on their calendar very often but today they are discussing foreign currency exchange rates at the Federal Reserve at 4:15 pm. Could this be what we are looking for? It’s possible.
The group chatter has been amazing as they are waiting for release of funds… sitting at the edge of their seats. Redemption contacts who are “on call” have not been called in…yet. But we are stinking, painfully close….
Very little out of Iraq overnight. But everything coming out of Iraq this week has been overwhelmingly positive. I know this is tough…I know we have been sitting at the edge of our seats for entirely too long…But, it’s hard to nail down a world-wide historic, once in a millennium event…But we know its coming.
Finance issues a clarification regarding the selection of Ernst & Young to review its data
12/4/2023
Today, Monday, the Ministry of Finance issued a clarification regarding the selection of Ernst & Young to review its data.
The Ministry said in a statement received by {Al-Furat News}, “The media and social networking sites have recently covered topics related to the reasons for the Ministry of Finance choosing the international auditing firm Ernst & Young (EY) to review its financial statements, as a first step within the efforts to correct and evaluate the financial policy, which is compatible with... Adoptions of the Iraqi government's reform program.
She added, "Ernst & Young (EY) is one of the largest and leading professional services companies in the world with more than 700 locations in 150 countries. It was founded in 1903 and has been operating in Iraq since 1923, for nearly 100 years," explaining that "Ernst & Young demonstrated a firm commitment to Iraq by reopening its office in Baghdad in 2004. The Baghdad office works fully with the global network of Ernst & Young offices around the world, and in 2008 the company opened its offices in Erbil and Basra to serve Iraq in the northern and southern regions of Iraq." .
She stated that she "has worked with this company since the year 2004 to date on a number of projects, the most important of which was the project to settle Iraqi foreign debts, in addition to other projects of importance.
The company is also currently working, since 2004, with a number of ministries such as the Ministry of Oil, the Office of Financial Supervision, and the Ministry of Reconstruction and Housing, the Ministry of Planning, the Media and Communications Authority and all ministries with regard to auditing the Development Fund for Iraq, in addition to other financial institutions in Iraq, the most important of which is the Central Bank of Iraq, as the company audited the financial statements of the Central Bank of Iraq for more than 13 years, as well as the Trade Bank of Iraq for a number of years. ".
She stressed that "the company has provided our ministries and governmental and financial institutions with a large number of experts, specialists, consultants and leading methodologies in several fields and of different nationalities, who have contributed to developing the competencies of government sector employees in Iraq, and the company is still continuing in this role,"
Explaining that "the company has worked since the year 2004 with Al-Rafidain and Al-Rashid Banks and the Central Bank of Iraq, regarding the project to settle Iraqi foreign debts and a number of other projects, such as supervising the implementation of the comprehensive banking system, auditing the work of electronic payment companies, a project to analyze the gaps in all operations of Al-Rafidain and Al-Rasheed Banks, and auditing the data of Al-Rafidain and Al-Rasheed Banks for the years 2006 and 2014 in accordance with International Accounting Standards (IFRS), which contributed to increasing the company’s knowledge and understanding of the Iraqi financial and banking sector.”
She stated that "the company worked to develop banks, which includes the optimal use of financial, human and technical resources, moving from paper work to possible work, electronic dealing with all banking activities, developing a comprehensive vision for banks in granting credit facilities and loans, and developing work mechanisms, including control and oversight tools." ". LINK
Digital Dinar Instead Of Cash Dollar.” These Are The Most Prominent Gains Of Electronic Payment
Economy |1-12-2023, | Baghdad Today – Baghdad Today, Friday (December 1, 2023), Advisor to the Prime Minister for Financial Affairs, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, explained the gains of adopting the electronic payments system in transactions inside Iraq.
Saleh said in a statement received by "Baghdad Today", "The cash payments system is linked to a high degree of certainty whenever payments are made by electronic or digital means, which provides an indicator of liquidity in the banking system and reduces the degree of uncertainty in banking liquidity."
He explained that "the payments system provides sufficient information about the flow of cash into the banking system, makes clear the amounts of paid and accumulated amounts, and indicates their actual balances at all times during the banking working day.
Conversely, in light of monetary systems that rely on direct cash payment, banking liquidity management policies surround themselves." With additional hedges of idle liquidity in order to protect against liquidity risks.
Saleh stated, “This matter disrupts an aspect of banking and credit operations in particular,
so as electronic payments increase as a behavior in daily dealings, the management of the cash mass and its flow in the banking system will be subject to the rule of clarity in cash management and then directing bank credit towards profitable areas by expanding...
Credit activity provides efficient use of the cash supply, as well as a decrease in the rate of cash leakages outside banks,
which means that a structural change in the behavior of cash demand among individuals and at banks will tend towards a decline, due to dealing with electronic payment systems that are linked to bank accounts.”
He stressed, “The development of the payments environment and its transition from a direct cash environment or cash payment in payment and receipt operations to the use of electronic payment will, in all cases, reduce the risks of local cash payment in currencies other than the dinar and distance the national economy’s transactions from cash payment in foreign currency, because payment systems Digital does not allow transactions in the local economy in anything other than the dinar,
that is, the national currency, and certainly the economy’s tendency in its transaction payments is to (the digital dinar) instead of (the cash dollar), whose transactions in internal settlements are legally rejected completely by virtue of the principle of monetary sovereignty of the Iraqi dinar.
Article: "It's time for the Iraqi economy to be linked to the global economic cycle. Al-Sudani stresses the government's endeavors to achieve an industry that exports its product outside Iraq."
That's exactly what we need. Everybody knows Iraq has been an import country and they've been using oil as a revenue stream. N ow they're going to go from a rentier oil industry to a non-oil revenue stream country...You have the industrial cities, liquid natural gas, tourism, agriculture...Iraq is filthy with minerals.
What we're seeing is probably one of the most exciting times we've ever been in and there's more to come...
We all see the writing on the wall at this point in time that Iraq is going to go international. They're going to be part of the WTO. With them going to the private sector you can just see it's going to be a robust economy in this country.
The President Of The Republic: There Is No Dollar Crisis In Iraq
President of the Republic Abdel Latif Gamal Economy News – Baghdad On Monday, President Abdel Latif Rashid denied the existence of a “dollar crisis” in the country.
Rashid stated in a television interview followed by “Al-Iqtisad News” that “Iraq’s situation now is good in terms of security, and this is greatly reflected in economic stability. Until a few years ago, we suffered from the repercussions of security instability on the economy, and we are ready to implement the government’s program that aims to To improve infrastructure in all fields, including energy, water, housing, roads, bridges, etc.
Regarding the country's economic situation, and his recent visits to Azerbaijan and Armenia, the Iraqi president stressed "the need to attract investments from various friendly countries."
He continued: “At the same time, our focus is on providing services to the Iraqi people, as the country suffers from an old state of neglect, and the government is taking seriously to improve the service situation in terms of education, health, agriculture and other fields. We encourage cooperation with investors, and starting energy, water and agricultural projects, not Especially since Iraq’s budget is now better than before.”
In response to what is being raised about the dollar crisis in Iraq, Rashid stressed that there is no dollar crisis, and that the issue is related to the change in the dollar exchange rate from time to time.
He added, "Until recently, Iraqi markets were open to any foreign currency, and this does not help the Iraqi currency. Therefore, we took some measures to strengthen the dinar's strength and control the market."
The Iraqi President stressed that his country's economic situation is good, both on the general level and on the individual level, but at the same time he pointed out that there are problems related to unemployment and others: "We hope to improve the situation and encourage the private sector to contribute to providing job opportunities for university graduates."
Thank you MarkZ for all your time, and encouragement daily….. PDK
MarkZ Update- Some highlights by PDK-Not verbatim
MarkZ Disclaimer: Please consider everything on this call as my opinion. People who take notes do not catch everything and its best to watch the video so that you get everything in context. Be sure to consult a professional for any financial decisions
Member: Welcome to another week of hoping, wishing and Praying…….
Member: Hope everyone had a great weekend.
Member: Hey Mark!! Give us some good news!
MZ: Remember News starts later on Mondays……should have more news by tonight
MZ: Normal for Monday it is still fairly quiet. But today at 4:15 pm the Fed will have a meeting on “FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES” This does not pop up on their calendar very often but today they are discussing foreign currency exchange rates at the Federal Reserve at 4:15 pm. .
MZ: Could this be what we are looking for? It’s possible.
MZ: Mr. C has not been paid and everything is very quiet so far today. Bond contacts in Europe have not seen money moving yet today.
MZ: There is still high hopes and expectations from the West Coast and Reno for this week.
MZ: Still hearing from groups that the leaders have been paid and just waiting for permission to distribute.
MZ: “India holds the key to a global shift away from SWIFT” They are bringing their UPI interface . (Unified Payments interface) platform up to speed to move away from the SWIFT system. This is more de-dollarization….this is part of the reset happening in front of us.
Member: When does the financial fiscal year end?
MZ: Its different for different countries. Iraq’s is Jan 1. That is why many people are looking for it by that day.
Member: The US fiscal year started October 1st. Iraq is hoping to have totally quit using the US dollar by Jan 1st as well.
Member: Iraq has a Holiday Dec 10th and Dec 22, 25, 31. Also Iraq has election on Dec 18th.
Member: I wonder if the best time to do this is when Congress is out for the holidays?
Member: I have some interesting info. was on the telegram RV channel, rv highlights and heard a podcast on there from a Latin American gentleman. Said he was trained in the RV and QFS for 3 weeks in Zurich.
Member: I’d like to share a story with everyone…This weekend I talked to a friend who works at Regions bank…They said they are already trained on the QFS.
MZ: People keep saying that nothing is happening…but some banks are telling us things are happening….
Member: I was watching 60 minutes they were talking about the Quantum Computers.
Member: Good morning, Mark Z! Did you review the Dinar Recaps? Someone on there stated that the Iraqi Dinar Set New Rate $1.28 to $1.45 Today 2023 (past Sunday).
MZ: That’s not what any of my contacts are hearing.
Member: the rate is still 1312/$1
Member: I was at ATM getting cash the lady behind us, she said to get as much money as we could. she stated that they are going to close all banks 10 to 30 days. her sister is overseas sent the info,
Member: There are reports that many troops are now being deployed.
MZ: Yes there were reports that 2000 military troops were put on Active status last night. And that the military will take of their families to “hunker down in place” . with another 7000 put on stand-by. This was allegedly from a military person. But other military contacts think this information is highly suspect.
MZ: I know a number of military contacts that have been put on stand-by but, those numbers don’t really match.
Member: How do we hold on to faith when everyday is a groundhog day?
MZ: The problem is we are trying to pick the timing of this historic event. We are looking at all the pieces and trying to guess the timing. If you study historic fiat cycles you know its going to happen. You know the fiat system is coming to its end. We are still very much expecting a new gold standard…or a standard tied to precious metals.
MZ: You are watching it happen….all the greatest economic voices tell us it is coming….it is not a groundhog day even though we are not across the finish line yet.
Member: I am starting to get a little nervous. We should’ve been celebrating long ago.
Member: Don’t be nervous- it will happen at any moment. Everyone will be so glad they stuck this long wait out!!
Member: Your watching amazing progress happening...more than ever...hang in there...Our Worldwide RAINBOW is AHEAD
Member: Praying it happens by Christmas…..
Member: While we wait for the RV learn a new hobby, ex: learn a instrument, crochet, painting go do something you always wanted to do. It helps to focus on developing your inner self &makes the wait easier
Member: stay positive, everyone.
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