"RV UPDATE" BY MNT GOAT, 26 DEC

 Mnt Goat 

 ... We can clearly see that Iraq is moving to the normalization of how to do business with other countries and moving out of the sanctioned way of doing business with the world. They are already doing INTERNATIONAL. It is happening right now...Folks, I can not emphasize enough just how good all this news is today. WOW, WOW WOW!

I asked [my CBI contact] what the next targeted steps were and I was told that the committee does not even know and were told just to standby and the CBI is going to try to “push” to continue as they are ready for the next step in the process.  I was told the IMF is negotiating the new peg for the dinar but to remember it impacts all countries in this new peg not just Iraq.

  I was told this is close to being completed and should be done this week ending. This lines us up for next week to begin the currency sway [swap ?] out, but they told me it is delayed until further notice.

So, at least we now have a timeline when they did plan it and still could do it based on what happens with the US bombing issue. My contact did reiterate that the process now is irreversible and must go forward. The US had already given assurances they would not back out if the CBI moved ahead.  So all I can say is let’s sit tight and watch what does happen in the coming week.

https://dinarevaluation.blogspot.com/2023/12/rv-update-by-mnt-goat-16-dec.html

 ...just recently Iraq now began broadcasting news in-country to the citizens that the dinar is an “issue of a homeland” in a real way...a patriotic video...is telling the people that the dinar is valuable and will revitalize the nation ...It DOES NOT say the dinar is going to be stronger than the dollar, but it does tell the citizens they should be very proud of their national currency and that it is very valuable.   Valuable at 1/6 of a penny? ...something BIG is about to happen with the dinar...

https://dinarevaluation.blogspot.com/2023/12/rv-update-by-mnt-goat-14-dec.html

My Conversation with my CBI Contact 12/13/23:

As you know I try to talk to my Iraqi CBI contact each week on Wednesdays and sometimes also on Saturdays. My contact is a very god friend that I met when I was stationed in Iraq during the occupation timeframe. I trust what my contact says to me. Besides we are getting information first hand from an actual citizen living, working and experiencing everything happening in Iraq without bias or propaganda.

We began our conversation with talk about the disputes going on with the US forces and all the bombings. This is important I was told. Who is conducting the bombings and does the US forces have a right to protect themselves? It was confirmed to me that this is all a movement to rid Iraq once again of US forces. There is lots of propaganda being told to the people about this to get pressure on the government to rid them of the US.

 Remember too, the Iranian militia has remained in Iraq post ISIS war. That was over 16 years already since the war ended (2007) and so many look at them now as Arabic, Moslum brothers compared to the western armed forces, at least this is what many Iranian Shia think. Remember there are patriotic Shia and then there are Iranian Shia. This is the middle eastern culture. But even the citizens are afraid (mostly Sunni) of what will happen if the US forces do pull out entirely again. Who will fill the gap this time as there will be a gap and the Iraqi forces are not strong enough yet. It is like a double-edged sword. You can’t have your cake and eat it too. So many Iraqi people are confused.

This time, if the US does pull out, it is widely felt by the average citizen the Iranian Hezbollah militia forces and not ISIS the citizens will fear the most. They walk the streets in their uniforms with arms. They claim they are still here to protect the Iraqi people from ISIS. Really? But, my contact says this is just an excuse to occupy Iraq and a contradiction. Like the US forces, but there are even more Iranians, they too are occupiers. My contact does not understand why the US does not challenge them as occupiers too and put this issue on the table with the government.

Then we changed the subject and talked about the currency reform. I asked about the impact of the confrontations with the US over their military stationed in Iraq. I was told the situation it does impact the progress of the planned events for December as the committee was brought into a meeting with the leadership and told everything was now “on hold”. I know, I know I too was a bit shocked at the news and did not like it. But I know for a fact that January is the best and most opportune time to revalue and drastically change the program rate to an international rate on the global exchanges. But the program rate is already on a pseudo-float within the country.

I asked what the next targeted steps where and I was told that the committee does not even know and were told just to standby and the CBI is going to try to “push” to continue as they are ready for the next step in the process. I was told the IMF is negotiating the new peg for the dinar but to remember it impacts all countries in this new peg not just Iraq.  I was told this is close to being completed an should be done this week ending. This lines us up for next week to begin the currency sway out, but they told me it is delayed until further notice.  So, at least we now have a timeline when they did plan it and still could do it based on what happens with the US bombing issue. My contact did reiterate that the process now is irreversible” and must go forward. The US had already given assurances they would not back out if the CBI moved ahead. So all I can say is let’s sit tight and watch what does happen in the coming week.

https://dinarevaluation.blogspot.com/2023/12/my-conversation-with-cbi-contact-by-mnt.html

Al-Sudani directs the formation of an Iraqi-Turkish committee and discusses an “equal deal” to achieve economic stability, 26 DEC

Al-Sudani directs the formation of an Iraqi-Turkish committee and discusses an “equal deal” to achieve economic stability

Shafaq News/ An informed government source reported, on Sunday, that Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani directed the formation of a joint Iraqi-Turkish economic committee that includes several governmental parties and the private sector in the two countries, as well as the opening of a direct dialogue on the issue of the “equal deal.”

The source told Shafaq News Agency, “These Sudanese directives come in light of the positive developments witnessed in the US dollar exchange market in the interest of economic stability.”

He stated that the directive included “the formation of a joint Iraqi-Turkish committee representing market forces and Iraqi and Turkish economic organizations. It includes, on the Iraqi side, the Association of Iraqi Private Banks, the Iraqi-Turkish Business Council, the Federation of Iraqi Chambers of Commerce, the Iraqi Contractors Union, and their counterparts from the Turkish side.”

He added, “The committee meets semi-annually and submits its reports to the Prime Minister, in a way that serves the strategic partnership between the two neighboring countries.”

The source pointed out that the directive also included “opening a direct dialogue on the issue of (the equal deal) through direct negotiation with the Turkish Exporters Union and the Central Bank of Turkey in coordination with the Central Bank of Iraq due to the high desire of the Turkish party to pay in the local currency.”

He concluded by saying, “And also to finance part of the four baskets supporting prices (food, medicine, construction, and spare parts), which were proposed by the Prime Minister in his policy of defending price stability in Iraq.”

The exchange rates of the US dollar against the Iraqi dinar have witnessed a gradual decline since the beginning of this month after the price of 100 dollars approached about 170 thousand Iraqi dinars during the past month, falling today, Sunday, to 150 thousand dinars for every 100 dollars.

Against this background, the Iraqi government believes that the decline in the price of the dollar came for several reasons, including “the high capabilities of Iraq’s currency reserves.”

Mazhar Muhammad Salih, the financial and economic advisor to Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa al-Sudani, told Shafaq News Agency, “Among the reasons for the decline in the dollar exchange rate in the parallel market is the high capacity of Iraq’s foreign currency reserves and the good management of foreign trade financing during the last period.”

Saleh stated that “the parallel market is gradually approaching the official central market, due to the presence of regular foreign trade by the private sector through the compliance platform and the great flexibility that banks have shown in dealing with this platform for the purpose of securing transfers.”

He added, “The openness to transfer through various methods, including payment cards in all their forms, importing foreign cash currency into Iraq, and financing foreign trade in various currencies, and not limiting this transaction to dollars only, led to a decrease in the dollar exchange rate in the parallel market as well.”

https://shafaq.com/ar/%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%80%D8%A7%D8%AF/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%B4%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A9-%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A

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During the meeting with private banks, the Private Sector Department takes new measures to support projects, 26 DEC

 During the meeting with private banks, the Private Sector Department takes new measures to support projects

Mawazine News – Baghdad 
The Private Sector Department in the Ministry of Commerce organized, on Sunday, a “deliberative” meeting for a number of bank guarantee and project financing companies, private banks, and a number of sectoral ministries, organizations and unions of the Iraqi private sector to develop mechanisms for supporting medium, small and micro projects and the possibility of providing financial loans through banks. Civil and governmental institutions, as well as finding serious solutions to address the problems and obstacles facing the work of these projects.

The media of the Private Sector Department stated in a statement, “The meeting discussed in detail the mechanisms of support provided to small projects and overcoming the obstacle of guarantees that may be an obstacle” to granting these loans, including It preserves public money and contributes to providing possible facilities for the success of micro-projects.

According to the statement, Assistant Director General of the Private Sector Development Department, Muhammad Hanoun, pointed out, according to the statement, a number of recommendations that came out of the meeting, most notably the submission of a proposal by the Iraqi Company for Bank Guarantees to establish a guarantee fund managed by The company is funded by the Central Bank.
He added, “The recommendations also included an agreement to continue holding meetings and to form a committee of banks and sectoral bodies concerned with supporting small projects, in addition to representatives from other banks and the Central Bank, and an agreement to establish a working mechanism for how to support small projects, which will be discussed by the members of the committee and submitted to higher authorities.”
The Private Sector Development Department in the Ministry of Commerce had announced a platform (support) initiative for small and micro projects through coordination with the Central Bank of Iraq and a number of government banks, as well as holding workshops to train project owners to prepare an economic feasibility study for projects scheduled to be established in various fields of work as well. The department works to implement the national strategy for developing the private sector.

https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=239580

"RV UPDATE" BY RAYREN98, 26 DEC

 RayRen98 

  [via Babysmom]   ..."EFFECTIVE 1/1/24 (BUT STARTED ALREADY) DEALERS (USA) CAN ONLY SELL YOU $1,000 WORTH OF DINAR PER 24 HOUR DAY. THAT'S NOT EVEN 1 MILLION DINAR TODAY."

RayRen98  

 [via Babysmom]  ..."BANKERS CAN SEE RATES..."NOW" EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE TO WAIT ON FOREX TO OPEN FOR THIS WEEK...WOOOOO HOOOOOO"

 US BANKS HAVE THE RATES, SAID THEY WERE WAITING FOR FOREX TO LOAD BEFORE THEY CAN START ...THEY "THOUGHT" IT WOULD BE AT OPENING ON SUNDAY EVENING, BUT NOT YET.  FEDERAL RESERVE IS SENDING ALL STAFF IN TOMORROW NIGHT TO OBSERVE THE "TRANSACTION".

 .. .I DO "BELIEVE" THAT IT HAS BEGUN!! RATES DID CHANGE IN IRAQ LAST WEEK...MAYBE AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND?

 WAITING TO HEAR FROM SOME FOLKS WHO WERE EXCITED LAST NIGHT AND WERE LOOKING TO SEE SOMETHING (BEHIND THE SCENES) THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...TIME WILL TELL

https://dinarevaluation.blogspot.com/2023/10/rv-update-by-babysmom-rayren98-17-oct.html 

  Fri. 15 Dec. TNT RayRen98: 

The expected RV is now scheduled. Good news. This morning Iraq citizens were told in the next couple days. Sudani told ppl the rate is going to change in the next couple of days. I also go this from Tish she was watching in Iraqi tv.  The RV was supposed to occur last night Thurs. 14 Dec.  

Supposedly, the reason it didn’t is the U.N. filed a motion to take over the entire process. The judge denied the U.N. motion.  It didn’t make any sense b/c the IMF already released it to the counties. Every country has money, reserved currency, and is waiting to go live. Our window of time is  4:30pm Eastern Fri. 15 evening until 5:00 pm Eastern Sun 17 Dec. of when this could go through. In Iraq today the Kurdistan region was told that today was the last day they can turn in three zero notes and actually get 25,000 dinar for a 25,000 note.

Sudani was telling ppl this morning in a town hall type of meeting that the rate is going to change in the next couple of days. The last day the rate changed was the 20th of December.  If Iraq says today is last day, 4:30 EST is the next day Iraq time ~ a few minutes past midnight. They wanted to do it at 1:00 am eastern. This is how they want it to go down. In Iraq everyone is off Monday and Tuesday so they can go vote and the budget will be released on Tuesday. All the money. 

Always said they wouldn’t do that until the rate was changed. This hopefully will be our weekend. People who had bank appointments this weekend were told that there would be no fees during the exchange.  If you go to the teller window, there will be fees. There is no turning back. US has released it. IMF released to each country so when it goes, they can start exchanging. The money is in place so they can operate with it. They can’t wait. Sudani saying in a couple of days.

https://dinarevaluation.blogspot.com/2023/12/rv-update-by-rayren98-16-dec.html

Fri. 8 Dec. TNT:  It was supposed to go Thurs. night 7 Dec. Everyone was waiting on the IMF to release it. After a meeting earlier today Fri. 8 Dec, contacts said it will happen by Mon. 11 Dec. Sun. 10 Dec. is Iraq’s Victory Day, so Tony thinks it might happen then. 

People that have already contacted their banks are being called in to go over the procedures for the exchange, interest rates they would pay them, debit and credit cards that will be available to them, etc. Banks are acknowledging that it is happening and that they want people to choose them.

https://dinarevaluation.blogspot.com/2023/12/judy-notes-9-dec.html

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Iraq’s Integrity Commission Recovers Over Two Billion Dinar From Corruption Cases, 25 DEC

 Iraq’s Integrity Commission Recovers Over Two Billion Dinar From Corruption Cases

In a significant stride against corruption, the Federal Commission of Integrity in Iraq declared the successful recovery of over two billion Iraqi dinars (equivalent to around 1.5 million US dollars) on Sunday. These funds, retrieved from corruption cases implicating former state officials, have been reintegrated into the state treasury. The amounts symbolize a fraction of the inflated assets of the accused officials, which include embezzled tax custodial funds.

Recovered Funds and the Fight Against Corruption

The Media and Communication Office of the Integrity Commission disclosed that the recovered sums are deposited into two accounts at Al-Rafidain Bank, Defense Branch. They include 1.3 billion dinars from the bloated and illicitly gained assets of the ex-Prime Minister’s technical advisor. Furthermore, the Commission reclaimed 775 million dinars, which a detained official, the prior director of the Baghdad Governor’s office, accepted as a bribe from a foreign company in return for contract referrals.

An additional 25 million dinars were recuperated from rental income linked to properties owned by the incarcerated wife of the former Director-General of the General Tax Authority. Prior to this, the Integrity Commission had launched a campaign against illegitimate wealth accumulation and corruption across different state institutions, beginning with the tax sector.

Accounting for Recovered Funds

The Commission established accounts in Iraqi dinars and US dollars at Al-Rafidain Bank to account for the restitution of recovered funds, representing the proceeds from corruption. Despite being rich in oil wealth, Iraq continues to grapple with rampant corruption within its government institutions.

Government’s Commitment to Combating Corruption

The current administration, under the leadership of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani, is prioritizing the fight against corruption and the protection of public funds. It regularly discloses the failures of previous administrations. Iraqi officials have indicated that the tax custodian case revolves around illegal cash withdrawals from the General Tax Authority totalling approximately 2.5 billion US dollars over 2021 and 2022. This figure is substantial, considering Iraq’s consistent ranking among the most corrupt nations globally.

https://bnnbreaking.com/breaking-news/crime/iraqs-integrity-commission-recovers-over-two-billion-dinar-from-corruption-cases/