FRANK26:"THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPINION... BUT THE CBI & UST AGREED ON SOMETHING ELSE.".....F26
Specialist: Floating the dinar is economic suicide
5/3/2024
- Baghdad
Economist Muhammad Hashem Helou confirmed that the central bank cannot float the dinar exchange rate.
Helu said, "The Central Bank of Iraq cannot think about floating the exchange rate because it will abandon its only influential tool in light of the weakness and disruption of other economic tools."
He added that the exchange rate is the nominal stabilizer of monetary policy in Iraq, and thinking about abandoning it is economic suicide and the bank cannot even think about that.
He continued, adding that floating the exchange rate in the presence of a parallel market and large speculators, and the presence of people who own billions of dinars and others who own billions of dollars, will lead to a sharp decline in the value of the currency, high levels of inflation, and rising prices..
The budget have to be approved by the parliament...Sudani cannot make a decision by himself...The budget doesn't have to be approved by parliament...it's not true. They have pass by the parliament and parliament have to vote for it.
Any changes on that budget the parliament have to agree into it and have to vote for it and have to sign it and send it to Sudani and then the president of Iraq...It is active yes but not completely active. Any changes have to be approved by the parliament of Iraq.
People calling me since last Thursday asking me, 'We hearing the exchange rate will change on Monday?'
...I didn't see anything about Monday. I see really good news. I believe with all this going on they should go for it. I think they're ready. I don't know when or why not. Some people saying Monday...before the end of the month...May... July. It's all prediction. I wish it could happen now. Today...Let's watch it...
🇺🇸💥❤️🇺🇸. Iraq is allowing the dinar to float to close the gap between the official exchange rate and the parallel market rate.💥💥💥Nader today. Good news! 🇺🇸💥❤️🇺🇸
🇺🇸💥🇺🇸. Remember that on March 11, Monday, there won’t be anymore money to lend for loans. What will the banks do? 💥💥💥. How long would that go on before the banks break not having any money? Boom boom boom 💥💥💥.
What they will need is their own liquidity of cash. 💰💰💰.
Where would they get the cash liquidity they need??
From the people redeeming their foreign currency. 💥💥💥.
That money will be immediately invested in the banks at a special high interest rate! 💥💥💥.
It will be a win-win situation for everyone! Let’s Go! 🇺🇸💥🇺🇸👇👇👇
🇺🇸💥🇺🇸. Remember that on March 11, Monday, there won’t be anymore money to lend for loans. What will the banks do? 💥💥💥. How long would that go on before the banks break not having any money? Boom boom boom 💥💥💥.
What they will need is their own liquidity of cash. 💰💰💰.
Where would they get the cash liquidity they need??
From the people redeeming their foreign currency. 💥💥💥.
That money will be immediately invested in the banks at a special high interest rate! 💥💥💥.
It will be a win-win situation for everyone! Let’s Go! 🇺🇸💥🇺🇸👇👇
Shocking documents from Iraq's Federal Board of Supreme Audit have uncovered a massive corruption scheme. Over 151,000 citizens were involved in the illicit buying of US currency...[They] obtained dollars at the official state rate for travel purposes but never left the country. The black market refers to them as "ghost travelers".
[We] are thinking the Iraqis sold the dollars for more money than they invested. As a result of the corruption Iraq's Central Bank employees, private banks, currency exchange companies and tourism firms were all involved. This is a $600 million corruption scam involving the US dollar...
When in Washington, DC he [Al-Sudani] met with the chair of the governing board of the JP Morgan Development Finance Institution (DFI), Daniel Zelikow. Prime Minister Al-Sudani received Mr. Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, and his accompanying delegation on Wednesday during his visit...In Davos, Iraqi Prim Minister al-Sudani with Mr. Khaled Haballah, the regional CEO of JPMorgan Chase for the Middle East and North Africa...
Al-Sudani met with the Iraqi community in Washington DC and other American states on the sidelines of his official visit to the United States. Al-Sudani conveyed gratitude to the Iraqi communities in the US and throughout the world, emphasizing that Iraq is for all Iraqis and that the country needs the knowledge, experiences, opportunities and initiatives of Iraqis in the U.S.
The prime minister indicated the Iraqi government is working on establishing a department for expatriate affairs to be able to communicate effectively with the Iraqi community around the world...
On April 15th President Joe Biden will hold Prime Minister Al-Sudani of Iraq at the White House. This meeting is a crucial opportunity for the United States and Iraq to discuss common priorities and strengthen their bilateral partnership.
Al-Sudani met with the Iraqi community in Washington DC and other American states on the sidelines of his official visit to the United States. Al-Sudani conveyed gratitude to the Iraqi communities in the US and throughout the world, emphasizing that Iraq is for all Iraqis and that the country needs the knowledge, experiences, opportunities and initiatives of Iraqis in the U.S.
The prime minister indicated the Iraqi government is working on establishing a department for expatriate affairs to be able to communicate effectively with the Iraqi community around the world...
On April 15th President Joe Biden will hold Prime Minister Al-Sudani of Iraq at the White House. This meeting is a crucial opportunity for the United States and Iraq to discuss common priorities and strengthen their bilateral partnership.
FRANK26: "YES, IT DEPLETES IT... BECAUSE THE NEW EXCHNAGE RATE INTRODUCES THE LOWER NOTES."..........F26
Economic: The fixed dollar exchange rate depletes Iraq's foreign currency reserves
5/3/2024
Economist Manar Al-Obaidi confirmed that the fixed dollar exchange rate adopted by Iraq depletes the country's foreign currency reserves.
Al-Obaidi said, “The only thing that is completely under the control of the Iraqi state is the exchange rate, which forcefully drains all foreign reserves to maintain an imaginary fixed price that traders benefit from to increase their profit margin.”
He added, "I never called for following a free-float policy. Rather, I called for a start to follow a compensation policy managed with a small volatility factor and gradually work to increase it until complete liberalization is reached."
He continued, “The alternative to maintaining the fixed exchange rate is to continue depleting the reserves until they run out and the oil market is exposed to very expected future fluctuations. Then, will we be forced, not given the choice, to an absolute floatation of the currency or a shocking reduction in the exchange rate, as happened in 2020, and then the risks will be greater and greater?”
