To strictly say the sole reason they added the three zeros to the Iraqi dinar is policy based inflation is not accurate. Yes, it was the central bank of Iraq that devalued the currency...[and] added the 3 zeros...
The first gulf war you can see what the inflation rates were. 1991 - 180%. That's really high. '92 - 83%. '93 - 207%. 1994 - 448%. 1995 - 387%. When you average all these thing up, by the time we got into re-denomanating the currency and the new Iraqi dinars were created getting away from the Saddam notes and Swiss dinar to the currency we have today all these things contributed to it.
Hyperinflation, mismanagement, all those things played a key part. So there is no one thing that happened.
Al-Fateh: Washington is fighting for its continued presence inside Iraq
On Monday, a member of the Al-Fatah Alliance, Mahmoud Marei, confirmed the falsity of the American administration regarding the issue of removing combat forces from the country after the Dutch ambassador’s statement of the continuation of the international coalition’s mission in Iraq, while he stressed that Washington is fighting for its continued presence inside Iraq.
Mar'i said in a statement to the Al-Ma'louma Agency, "Washington continues to create crises and raise security, economic, and societal problems, to use them as an excuse to stay in Iraq," noting that "targeting Iraqi military and security symbols is one of Washington's malicious plans."
He continued, "The Iraqi Islamic Resistance's rejection of the foreign presence is the most prominent obstacle that America has failed to overcome," noting that "the continued foreign presence in Iraq represents the largest military operation compared to the many victories of the resistance that were achieved against them in the previous period."
Mari concluded his speech: “Foreign embassies work through many malicious plans that they spread within society in order to gain public opinion’s support for the military presence,” pointing out that “the United States of America is fighting for its continued presence inside Iraq.”
The Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Iraq, Hans Sande, had confirmed in a statement that his country would take over the leadership of the NATO mission in Iraq in mid-May, indicating that it would be the largest in the world at the level of institutions outside the Dutch borders.
The State of Law Coalition, in an interview with the Maalouma Agency, described the formation of joint committees to remove foreign combat forces as a blatant American game, while stressing that the exit of American forces will not take place through diplomatic means or political negotiations. link
The threat of a lop is still the same as when I got into this investment...The lop question is based on hyper-inflation ...verses policy inflation. The Iraqi dinar is stable. It goes up, it goes down but it's not major like what Zimbabwe and these countries where it was massive inflation. No body could control it. Iraq has complete control of the Iraqi dinar ...
The Iraqi dinar is a completely different ballgame. It's not hyper-inflated because of the markets. Iraq doesn't have a customer problem...production problem. Iraq has a policy issue. The people at the top know what they are doing.
When I did the evaluation [of the dinar] it was against countries and currencies that had lopped. I had the same questions as you guys when I invested. Where is this going? How can this work?
I found out the value was in a policy based inflation, they want to add value to it, they injected US dollars into the economy, devalued the dinar. Thedinar you and I have has nothing to do with hyper-inflation, major market problems or anything like that...Yes, they can add value to currencies that have a lot of zeros behind it. Iraqi dinar is stable. They can and are going to add value to it.
Budget schedules postpone the House of Representatives' recess
The Parliamentary Finance Committee expects the general budget schedules for the year 2024 to arrive at the beginning of next May.
The tripartite budget tables need to be reviewed periodically every year, to adjust project costs and salary bills and include new projects. This means that the budget is past and does not need to be approved in full, since it was approved last year.
The 2024 budget is at a standstill between the government and the House of Representatives, despite the approval of a tripartite budget for the first time in the country’s history, and despite the fact that the Ministry of Finance sent the tables more than a month ago to the Council of Ministers, at a time when the Parliamentary Finance Committee demanded that the government send the final accounts of the previous budgets.
The Finance Committee is awaiting the arrival of the budget schedules, according to a previous statement by its Chairman, Atwan Al-Atwani, to “correct the path of the budget by maximizing non-oil revenues, encouraging the private sector, and reducing operational spending,” while the House of Representatives decided to extend its legislative term, which will end next May 9, “until it is approved.”
Budget tables.” Representative Kazem Al-Fayad told Al-Sabah: “We in the House of Representatives are waiting for the general budget that the government will send after approving its schedules,” and added, “The schedules were supposed to arrive no later than the second month of the current year.” link
Question: Mark, do you see May 8th rumor that (the WTO entrance) as a hard date that Iraq cannot go past without announcing their new rate?
MarkZ: I hate to give dates…but there is a good chance it could go before then. Question: What does your gut say?
My gut is pretty mad we are not done already…but I feel that there is a good chance before the 9th of May. There is a lot expected to happen over the next few days.
Question: Did Kuwait revalue over night?
MarkZ: I believe they revalued mid morning. Around 10:30 or 11:00... I am confident it was daytime because the very same day it revalued…they ran articles in the papers that they were not ready to RV for months…maybe years. Then “BAM” they released it. That’s why I warn you guys about all the smoke and mirrors…Don’t jump off a cliff when you see stories like that. Just wait.