[via PDK] Comment: Exchanges should not be taxed…but, be prepared. MarkZ: That’s the way I look at it...memo from the US State Dept. directly about Iraq...The last sentence says “There are no taxes or subsidies on purchases or sales of foreign exchange.” [NOTE: Always consult with your tax professional at the appropriate time to determine the right tax for your unique circumstances.]
Pretty quiet from Iraq so far today. One of my sources believe the local elections had some effect on our timing and are finishing the ballot counting before they release rates. If hes accurate…the counting should be finished in the next day or so, Possibly as early as today. I have one source in Iraq who believes they will release the rate in Iraq as soon as they finish seating these new electees. Possibly in a day or so or as early as today.
So far this morning - very quiet…no real changes since last night. There is nothing negative…Just no news saying anyone is spending any money yet this morning. Maybe we will get more news throughout the day today.
“THE WHITE HATS ANNOUNCED 8 HOURS AGO THAT A VERY IMPORTANT EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR ON DECEMBER 31, 2023… BUCKLE UP YOUR SEAT BELTS…”
Central Banks And The Global Debt Catastrophe For Governments, Businesses, And Ordinary People
December 21, 2023
Here is a trip down the rabbit hole of central banks and the global debt catastrophe for governments, businesses, and ordinary people.
December 21 (King World News) – Alasdair Macleod: Surely, it is now apparent that central banks are guilty of mismanaging the economy. By slashing interest rates to zero and in some cases to an unnatural minus figure, then flooding financial systems with currency-equivalent credit conjured out of nothing followed by rapidly increasing interest rates in an attempt to stem the consequences, central banks have bankrupted themselves and much of their entire economies.
Even though hapless economists and money managers are still in thrall to them, central banks have proved themselves to be unfit for purpose. It is time for a new system based on true economic demand for credit without state interference.
The ineptitude of the monetary planners is now sharply focused by events in Argentina, whose new president has vowed to close the central bank and introduce a currency board for the peso backed by the US dollar. Far from being a maverick politician, President Milei is being well advised. Currency boards work, imposing an automatic discipline on government spending.
This opens up the debate between free banking without central banks under gold standards, and the fiat currency system which gives central banks the power of debasement. Commercial banking without central banks is the historical norm, and the evils of statist currency management is a more recent development.
Those who argue that central banks represent progress from free banking are clearly in the wrong.
“Member: Just received about 30 minutes ago from one of my trusted sources that liquidity is confirmed. That’s all I’m going to say about that. Stay grounded my friends. It’s happening as we speak.”
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“He agreed with other sources that after your exchange and after signing the NDA, you cannot use the words “RV, QFS, GCR, rates, exchange, redemption, currency exchange rates, ZIM, Dinar, Dong, etc” or any other terms related to this exchange-redemption event, because your communication and posts will be monitored by the NSA and other agencies”
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Having breakfast with Mauricio and he said we are going to have a beautiful Christmas.
ASSOCIATION OF BANKS: THE BATTLE WITH DOLLAR SPECULATORS HAS REACHED ITS FINAL ROUND
(How many time have we heard this already? Will their strategy actually work ?)
The Iraqi Private Banks Association said today, Friday, that the battle with dollar speculators has reached its final round, and while it praised the Central Bank’s measures to regulate the movement of funds to achieve financial and bank reform,stressing that it will contribute to reclassifying banks, increasing their capital and raising the level of services provided to citizens.
The association’s economic and banking advisor, Samir Al-Nusairi, said in a statement to the official agency, followed by NRT Arabia, that “the Central Bank’s measures and efforts that have been made since the beginning of 2023 and with the support of the government have yielded results and begun to give results according to what was planned, and the so-called parallel (black) dollar has begun to die.” Speculators who deal in it to harm the national economy have been besieged, and currently the battle is with them in the final round.”
He added, “This is what was stated in detailed procedures and administrative, technical and negotiating steps with the US Federal Bank and the US Department of the Treasury and the understandings related to regulating foreign trade financing by approving the opening of accounts for Iraqi banks in American, Chinese, Emirati and Turkish correspondent banks to deal directly with them for foreign transfers in the currencies of these countries, which… It includes the dollar, the euro, the Chinese yuan, the Indian rupee, the Emirati dirham, and the Turkish lira, leaving the electronic platform in the year 2024, and importing the dollar and foreign currencies into Iraq from Iraqi bank accounts at correspondent banks or abroad.
(There was a weird recent article that said the currency auctions would NOT end in 20204. The electronic platform is the new currency auctions and so now we see this other article was NOT correct and they are ending. Their words not mine! 😊)
Al-Nusairi confirmed, “ Reaching agreements to open 40 accounts for Iraqi banks in correspondent banks for foreign trade,” noting that “the Central Bank’s new strategy to reform the banking sector will adopt the reclassification of banks and increase their capital to the ceiling set by the Central Bank in accordance with the specified time frames until the end of 2024, which will lead to… Raising the capabilities of our banks to provide the best banking products and services to customers, which will reflect positively on the movement of the economy, investment, development and the transition to comprehensive digital transformation.”
He added, “Since the beginning of the year 2023, financial policies have been reconsidered according to a new vision for banking reform that complies with the requirements of the global financial system, and a new strategy has begun to be implemented with mechanisms based on studying and diagnosing the causes of the imbalance and determining the road map, steps, and executive procedures that have been and will be applied at the level of the central bank’s departments and banks.” And the bodies supporting banking work and government agencies related to comprehensive economic reform, as the Central Bank had previously issued new instructions for external transfers for the year 2023 and three procedural packages to facilitate and control the circulation of foreign currency in the monetary and commercial market.”
Al-Nusairi continued, “In August of this year, the Central Bank issued its important statement in which it defined its new strategy for organizing the financing of foreign trade according to new foundations that will move Iraq to the stage of regularity in the global financial system, and in which it clarified the executive procedures to control the stability of the exchange rate, and the most prominent of its contents are:
1.Adopting the electronic platform exclusively for foreign remittance transactions,
2.controlling illicit trade through official and unofficial border crossings, 3.stopping trading and transactions in dollars on the black market, 4.preventing all websites and media television channels from publishing exchange rates on the black market due to their violation of the law, and 5.having importers prove that all their imports were made through the platform and at the price.
“The Customs Authority and the General Tax Authority have implemented proposals and treatments for small merchants to enter the platform in accordance with the rules, and this is consistent with the government’s initiative to launch the national project to control prohibited imports.”
He continued, “As we are in the final days of 2023, the Central Bank’s strategy for banking reform in all its axes has become clear for the coming year 2024 and the following years, and it is an embodiment of what it specified in the road map that it clarified in cooperation with the government in accordance with what was stated in the government’s curriculum in Axis 12 (Financial and Banking Reform) Paragraph 7 thereof is concerned with developing and enabling banks to contribute to development and investment.”
He explained, “Here we can summarize the Central Bank’s plan, which it is currently working to implement accurately, as follows: –
First – Providing a stable financial system lies in accompanying financial electronic systems.
Secondly- Commitment to establishing the rules of compliance, risk management, transparency, and soundness of financial operations.
Third – The transition from the cash economy to the digital economy and what is called the fourth revolution and the accompanying measures achieved a qualitative shift in the dealings between the government and the central bank.
Fourth – Implementing the financial and banking reform plan, which is characterized by international standards that keep pace with global developments in the field of the financial digital economy.
Fifth – Work to strengthen international relations, including establishing a network of relations with foreign correspondent banks.
Sixth – Establishing Riyada Bank in line with the Prime Minister’s initiative and redirecting work on initiatives to finance small and medium enterprises according to specific standards.
Seventh- Prepare and launch a strategy for financial inclusion and put it into effect in coordination with the relevant authorities.
Eighth – Launching the national lending strategy, relying on the banks’ own financial capabilities to attract deposits and invest them in providing the best banking products to customers and contributing to development.
