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"AND PARLIAMENT IS STILL CONFUSED!!! BY FRANK26, 23 MAY
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FRANK26:"AND PARLIAMENT IS STILL CONFUSED!!!..F26
The Iraqi Parliament receives the 2024 budget schedules
5/21/2024
The secretary of the House of Representatives, Safwan Bashir Al-Jarjari, received today, Tuesday, the budget schedules for the year 2024 from the federal government .
The Media Department of the House of Representatives said in a brief statement that Al-Jarjari referred these schedules to the Presidency of the House of Representatives.
The 2024 budget, according to what Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani announced last Sunday, amounts to 211 trillion dinars, and employee salaries for the year 2024 amount to 62 trillion dinars, while the 2023 budget amounted to 199 trillion dinars and employee salaries amounted to 59 trillion dinars.
According to Al-Sudani, the revenues of the 2024 budget are estimated at “144 trillion and 336 billion dinars, while expenditures amount to 210 trillion and 936 billion dinars, while the deficit is 63 trillion and 599 billion dinars.”
Al-Sudani said, “The governorates’ allocations to local government programs with an investment allocation amounted to 10.633 trillion dinars in 2023, and we financed 3.333 trillion dinars, based on fundamental requests from the governorates,” adding, “The remainder of the allocation is 7.333 trillion dinars in a trust account, at the disposal of the governorate governments.”
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"RV UPDATE" BY MILITIAMAN, 23 MAY
Militia Man
Iraq...increased their non-oil revenues by 6%. That in itself is a massive amount. Is it going to grow?
Of course it's going to grow. They're just getting started. It's going to be amazing.
Article: "The Central Bank begins the second phase of its banking reform strategy"
They've completed the first phase of reforms and now into the second phase.
Quote: 'It will inevitably bring stability and the recovery of the dinar.' This is amazing...There's some things happening that obviously are beyond our pay grade that are almost available and ready to go. This article...'...inevitably the exchange rate will be in recovery.' To me that means they're going to go back to that 'previous era'. That would be a recovery. Going from 1460 to 1310 or from 1310 to 1182, that's not 'recovery'...Second phase is that we're at that juncture.
"RV UPDATE" BY CLARE, 23 MAY
Clare
Article: "Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Stabilization of Iraq"
Quote: "The obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the restoration and maintenance of peace and security in the country, and the development of political, administrative, and economic institutions in Iraq continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States...I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency with respect to the stabilization of Iraq declared in Executive Order 13303."
Article: "The Central Bank begins the second phase of its banking reform strategy""RV UPDATE" BY MARKZ, 22 MAY
MarkZ
[via PDK]
I have been in touch with a number of contractors …projects that were moth-balled and stalled now suddenly have funding in place...2 contractors in Iraq...believe they will see their rate...(about $3.90)...this week for their projects...I find this very interesting...Where is the money coming from to start these massive projects. Their whole budget is about $162 Billion.
But one contractor was told they are getting ready to start a $150 billion dollar project. Which means there is a lot more money moving than what we are seeing right now.
Question: What do you think the new rate for Iraq will be?
MarkZ: I could be wrong but, I think the rate will start about $3.90 or so. But we are totally guessing.
We know that the budget has passed with $162 billion. It was $153 B last year...There is plenty in the news showing us it is passed…but I have yet to find where they are covering a budget shortfall with a rate...I was told to expect something within days of it being passed.
Comment: Its interesting they are saying billions and not trillions for their budget totals. They must have a rate hike? Right?
MarkZ: You are getting it. We are just trying to piece together “what is that rate?”
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