Does Iraq have the ability to be similar to what Kuwait has?
Of course it does, but they got a long way to go...When I first started talking about the Iraqi dinar, I thought Iraq is going to be just like Kuwait. Until you actually start really digging into it and researching you find out they're nothing alike...
You can still see Iraq is taking the steps necessary to deal with corruption, update all their systems so they can keep better track of things and continue down the path to joining the international community...Iraq has taken all the steps necessary...It's looking very good for Iraq as long as they stay on this path...
Parliamentary Finance “Knows Nothing” About The 2024 Budget Schedules - Urgent
Politics |Yesterday, 20:05 |Baghdad today – Baghdad Today, Monday (March 11, 2024), the Finance Committee in the Iraqi Parliament confirmed that it does not know the contents of the 2024 budget schedules, in addition to not knowing the date of sending them to Parliament.
Committee member Mustafa Al-Karaawi told “Baghdad Today” that “the Iraqi government is very late in the issue of sending the schedules of the 2024 budget law,” noting that “the law emphasizes the necessity of sending those schedules before the end of the fiscal year, that is, before the end of the last year.”
Al-Karaawi stated, “Our last meeting with the Minister of Finance, Taif Sami, in which I confirmed that the tables are still with the Council of Ministers and they are supposed to be sent soon to us in the House of Representatives so that they can be reviewed and voted on quickly so that the budget with all its paragraphs and projects is passed,” pointing out that “to Now we do not know anything about the schedules and we do not know exactly when they will be sent.”
More than two months have passed since the new year without the budget for 2024 being completed, amid the need to make some amendments, especially the costs of oil production in Kurdistan, as well as the costs of the salaries of its employees. LINK
JP Morgan I think is going to be extremely important to us...Don't just think that you're going to be limited to Chase and JP Morgan. I used [them as example] only so that it could be of help to you.
To guide you. At least you know where you can start. If you don't like them go somewhere else.
The conditions of the monetary reform are perfect. All the waiting that we've been having forever and ever is also very perfect because what we're waiting for is just one thing and one thing only, the new exchange rate. That's it. The evidence is, banks know now.
A Quarter Of A Million Employees In Kurdistan Opened Bank Accounts.. “My Account” Project Attracted 5 Banks, 13 MARCH
Posted On 03-12-2024 By Sotaliraq The Kurdistan Regional Government announced that the Islamic Bank of Iraq has joined the “My Account” project, bringing the number of participating banks to 5, confirming the establishment of more than 240,000 bank accounts for the region’s employees.
Statement by the Government of Kurdistan: The Kurdistan Regional Government is pleased to announce that the Islamic Bank of Iraq (IIB) will be one of the participating banks in the (My Account) project, along with other participating banks such as BBAC, Cihan, NBI, RT. The KRG expects other major banks to join by the end of this month.
To date, more than 240,000 bank accounts have been created for KRG employees and more than 120,000 bank cards have been distributed. The KRG’s partnership with banks has led to a significant increase in ATMs, and the employee registration process continues throughout the Kurdistan Region. The project continues its plan to register more than one million government employees by the end of this year.
This step comes as part of efforts to provide more banking services to citizens and paid employees.
]It is also a step towards providing healthy competition in the banking and financial services sector, and banks will be encouraged to increase their branches throughout the Kurdistan region.
The KRG expects to expand its partnerships with participating banks, especially with the introduction of digital payments starting next year. LINK
This is fascinating because this is coming from the Iraqi government today in the same context of Al-Sudani.
Article quote: "The Iraq government is currently weighing the question of changing the currency so that the official cost of a US dollar will be 1.32 Iraqi dinars instead of 1320.
Implementing such a decision is likely to significantly increase Al-Sudani's popularity." You think!? Bring the purchasing power of $0.76 - that's what it equates to...deleting the zeros just like we've been talking about.
They're not going to...build a country at 1310. The math doesn't work. I don't care how many times people try to figure that out. Think about it for a second...1310 dinars to buy a pencil but if you can buy 100 pencils for one dinar because the dinar is worth $3.00, $4.00 or more. How many pencils can you buy?
Think about that in bricks, steel, sewer systems, infrastructure, lighting, military operations, airplanes, guns and weapons, grocery stores at 1310 as opposed to 2, 3, 4 bucks. They specifically bring up and invoke 'previous eras' not me. I just report that...