Monday, April 8, 2024
The Sudanese confirms to the Plaskhart, Iraq has completed many of the requirements of transformation and the completion of its constitutional institutions, 8 APRIL
The Sudanese confirms to the Plaskhart, Iraq has completed many of the requirements of transformation and the completion of its constitutional institutions
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani confirmed, on Sunday, to the representative of the United Nations, that Iraq has completed many of the requirements of transformation and the completion of its constitutional institutions, which was documented by the recent UN reports.
His media office said in a statement received by {Euphrates News}, “the latter received the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Iraq, Jenin Blaskhart, and discussed, during the meeting, the relationship between Iraq and the United Nations, and highlighted the files and programs in which the UN organization works to support Iraq and in various fields.”
The Prime Minister stressed that Iraq has completed many of the requirements of transformation and the completion of its constitutional institutions, which recent UN reports documented, pointing to the importance of continued cooperation between Iraq and the United Nations agencies working in Iraq, with their various activities.
"ZIMBABAWE FINALLY STARTS WITH THEIR MONETARY REFORM AND IT WILL TAKE MANY YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH ITS GOALS" BY FRANK26, 8 APRIL
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FRANK26:"ZIMBABAWE FINALLY STARTS WITH THEIR MONETARY REFORM AND IT WILL TAKE MANY YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH ITS GOALS"............F26
Zimbabwe launches new gold-backed currency
Most Zimbabweans prefer to do business, get paid and hold their savings in US dollars
April 5, 2024
Harare – Zimbabwe’s central bank launched a new “structured currency” backed by gold on Friday, as it seeks to tackle sky-high inflation and stabilise the country’s long-floundering economy.
The ZiG — short for Zimbabwe Gold — will replace the Zimbabwean dollar which has tumbled in value over the past year, pushing inflation through the roof, Reserve Bank governor John Mushayavanhu said.
“With effect from today… banks shall convert the current Zimbabwe dollar balances into the new currency,” he said, presenting a monetary policy statement.
He also announced a drastic cut in the bank’s main interest rate, from 130 percent to 20 percent.
The ZiG will be “fully anchored and fully backed” by a basket of reserves comprising foreign currency and precious metals — mainly gold, Mushayavanhu added.
The move is aimed at fostering “simplicity, certainty, (and) predictability” in Zimbabwe’s financial affairs, he said, presenting the new banknotes that come in eight denominations ranging from 1 to 200 ZiG.
The Zimbabwean dollar has lost almost 100 percent of its value against the US greenback over the past year.
On Friday, it was officially trading at around 30,000 against its more coveted US counterpart — and at 40,000 on the black market, according to tracker Zim Price Check.
Its poor performance contributed to the southern African country’s high inflation rate, which after climbing well into the triple digits last year, was at 55 percent in March, according to official data.
This has piled pressure on its 16 million people who are already contending with widespread poverty, high unemployment and a severe drought induced by the El Nino weather pattern.
– More gold needed? –
Zimbabweans have 21 days to convert their old cash into new money, Mushayavanhu said.
The new banknotes feature a drawing of gold ingots being minted, as well as Zimbabwe’s famous Balancing Rocks, which already appeared on the old ones.
Zimbabwe boasts vast gold deposits, with the precious metal accounting for almost 25 percent of all exports in January, according to official data.
But analysts have questioned whether Harare has enough reserves to adequately back the currency, and if the latter could suffer from volatility in gold prices.
On Thursday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa inspected the central bank’s vaults that Mushayavanhu — who was appointed earlier this year — said hold 1.1 tonnes of solid gold.
The bank also has almost 1.5 tonnes more abroad, as well as $100 million in cash and precious minerals such as diamonds that if converted into gold would account for another 0.4 tonnes, he added.
All together the reserves’ value totals $285 million, which Mushayavanhu said was “more than three times cover for the ZiG currency being issued”.
But some were sceptical.
“We obviously need more,” said economist Prosper Chitambara, adding that other countries such as neighbouring South Africa had much larger reserves.
“The more the reserves, obviously, the more the confidence and the more your capacity to be able to defend your currency against any shocks.”
The central bank said it would adopt a tight monetary policy, linking money supply growth to growth in gold and foreign exchange reserves.
– Trillion-dollar inflation –
Soaring prices have brought back memories of 2008, when hyperinflation was so out of control that the central bank even issued a 100-trillion-dollar note — now a collectors’ item.
The government was eventually forced to ditch the local currency and adopt the US dollar as legal tender.
The Zimbabwean dollar was revived in 2019, but it has suffered from much the same issues as its previous incarnation.
Most Zimbabweans prefer to do business, get paid and hold their savings in US dollars.
Many who earn a salary in local money rush to currency exchange shops on pay day.
The government has previously resorted to various expedients to stabilise the economy, including issuing gold coins and launching a gold-backed digital currency but they have yielded little results.
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Sunday, April 7, 2024
"TINK AND I WENT THROUGH THE TUNNEL OF THE SUEZ CANAL, IT IS MASSIVE... AND SO IS ITS FINANCIAL POTENTIAL!!!" BY FRANK26, 8 APRIL
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FRANK26: "TINK AND I WENT THROUGH THE TUNNEL OF THE SUEZ CANAL, IT IS MASSIVE... AND SO IS ITS FINANCIAL POTENTIAL!!!"...........F26
Iraq will become an "alternative" to the Suez Canal
4/5/2024
"RV UPDATE" BY FNU LNU, 8 APRIL
"RV UPDATE" BY FNU LNU, 3 APRIL
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Article quote: "Al-Kadhimi indicated that increasing the budget’s overall amount, from 199 trillion Iraqi dinars (nearly $152 billion) to 228 trillion Iraqi dinars (approximately $174.04 billion), resulted in a rise in the deficit, revealing that the budget is still being discussed in the Council of Ministers and would likely be presented to the Iraqi Parliament next month." It would logically follow that a revaluation would be likely before next month's USA confab.
[Response to Pimpy's HCL non-revenue sharing post from 3-31-2024 below]
The notion of revenue-sharing is nothing new in the Middle East. Bruni and Kuwait both do it...Revenue Watch Middle East Director Yahia Said recently returned from several months in Iraq working on the International Compact with the UN...This USIPeace Briefing summarizes the discussion. Many Iraqi citizens look to the law for what it can contribute to reconciliation, security, and welfare. The three parts of the agreement will deal with the issues of 1) revenue sharing; 2) restructuring of the ministry of oil; and 3) establishing the Iraqi National Oil Company (INOC).
It is quite clear that the HCL has intentions to codify the issue of welfare (not for government) and the number 1 issue is REVENUE SHARING. To be more specific; Section 1314 of the FY2007 Supplemental Appropriations Act [P.L.110-28] specifically identified the enactment and implementation of legislation “to ensure the equitabledistribution of hydrocarbon resources of the people of Iraq without regard to the sect or ethnicity of recipients” and “to ensure that the energy resources of Iraq benefit Sunni Arabs, Shia Arabs, Kurds, and other Iraqi citizens in an equitable manner” as benchmarks .
https://dinarevaluation.blogspot.com/2024/04/rv-update-by-fnu-lnu-2-april.html
It is disingenuous to try to say that Iraq ONLY has a net worth of 16 trillion dollars. Those calculations do not account for many factors like tourism, a monumental gold deposit that is never spoken of, port revenues, tariffs...etc.
The Dinar Mythology surrounding this EO is amazing...It says exactly NOTHING about buying Dinar. Executive Order 13303 was issued on May 22, 2003, by United States President George W. Bush to protect the Development Fund for Iraq for the rebuilding of Iraq...
Executive Order 13303 also terminates sanctions specified in EO 12722, EO 12724, EO 13290, as it applies to the development fund. In effect, EO 13303 provides an extraordinarily broad legal shield for any and all contractors and mercenaries working in Iraq on behalf of US corporations in any oil related enterprise. The Executive Order also declares a national emergency to deal with the threat to a peaceful reconstruction of Iraq, which US Presidents have renewed every year since, most recently in May 2023.https://dinarevaluation.blogspot.com/2024/03/rv-update-by-fnu-lnu-30-march.html
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