IMPORTANT IRAQ NEWS: THE OIL AND GAS LAW HAS BEEN IMPRISONED IN PARLIAMENT FOR 19 YEARS AND IS THREATENED WITH DEPORTATION TO THE NEXT SESSION BY MNT GOAT, 29 JULY

 THE OIL AND GAS LAW HAS BEEN IMPRISONED IN PARLIAMENT FOR 19 YEARS AND IS THREATENED WITH DEPORTATION TO THE NEXT SESSION

The secret lies in the consensus of political forces.

Political disagreements and a lack of consensus since the first session of the House of Representatives made the draft oil and gas law a victim and locked in parliament’s drawers.

In each session, conflicts prevent its approval in its final form, as five parliamentary sessions have passed and the law has not been released until today.

The Parliamentary Oil, Gas and Natural Resources Committee expects that the law will be transferred to the next parliamentary session, despite the visit of the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Masoud Barzani, early this month, to the capital, Baghdad, and his meeting with political leaders.

A member of the Parliamentary Oil and Gas Committee, Ali Al-Lami, said in an interview with Al-Mada, “One of the reasons for obstructing the approval of the oil and gas law is the continuing disputes between the governments of Baghdad and Erbil “

He added that his committee “sent the law at the beginning of the current parliamentary session to the government, and we met with the Prime Minister, the President of the Republic, and all the heads of blocs and parties, and we explained the importance of this law.”
The member of the House of Representatives points out, “The law is unlikely to be approved during the current session, as it requires study and reading,” suggesting that “the law will be transferred to the next parliamentary session.”

The draft Iraqi oil and gas law regulates Iraq’s vital sector and the management of the country’s oil fields through one national company, with imports being deposited in one account.

Iraq exports an average of 3.3 million barrels of crude oil per day, and black gold constitutes more than 90 percent of the Iraqi treasure’s resources.

For her part, a member of the Parliamentary Oil and Gas Committee, Zainab Al-Moussawi, said in an interview with Al-Mada, “The law is almost complete, and to a high degree, but there are some objections about some points, which are summed up in the delivery of oil imports and exploited and unexploited natural resources to Baghdad.”

Al-Mousawi adds, “The Oil and Gas Law is concerned with regulating the country’s natural resources and exploiting the largest possible amount of undiscovered oil fields.”

She points out that “the law will also contribute to achieving self-sufficiency in oil derivatives and optimal exploitation of wasted natural resources, valued at hundreds of billions of dollars, which contribute to diversifying the state’s financial resources.”
The draft oil and gas law in Iraq available to Parliament stipulates that responsibility for managing the country’s oil fields must be entrusted to and supervised by a national oil company.

In August 2023, the Prime Minister, Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, confirmed that “the draft oil and gas law is one of the basic and important laws, representing a factor of strength and unity for Iraq, and it has been stuck for years, At a time when the country today is in dire need of its legislation and to benefit from this natural wealth, in every way.” Fields and sectors, as well as the contribution of the legislation to solve many outstanding problems.”

He explained, “There are governorates that have not invested their wealth, which is considered negative for development endeavors in all their paths.”

In February 2022, the Federal Court in Baghdad ordered the region to deliver the oil produced on its lands to Baghdad, and to cancel contracts the region had signed with foreign companies.
The matter reached the point where the judiciary in Baghdad invalidated contracts with many foreign companies, especially American and Canadian companies.

RV UPDATE BY PIMPY, 29 JULY

 Pimpy  

Community Comment:  "If you have the old note with all the zeros on them, the Iraqi bank is obligated to give you the rate that's on their screen."

  They're not obligated to do crap.  Once this change [re-denomination] takes place then it doesn't make a difference if you have dinar in country or out of country.  They have already told the world they're removing the zeros off of the dinar.  So even if you have the old bank notes they already know that a 1,000 dinar is equivalent to 1 new Iraqi dinar.  Just because you have it outside of Iraq, you're not going to get special privileges...They automatically do the conversion for you.

Community Comment "An old 1000 dinar will be worth $3.21 x 1000 dinar = $3,210." 

 No it won't.   Not at all.  They'll just look at [your 1000 note] and know this is the old currency and you have to exchange it for the new  currency and if you don't want the new dinars that fine but they're not going to give you a $3.21 rate time this full amount.  They  [will] know the re-denomination has already taken place...They'll give you $3.21.  That's what you get. 

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IMPORTANT IRAQ NEWS: THROUGH THE SCREENS.. THE IRAQI STOCK EXCHANGE DETERMINES THE COLORS OF THE DATA AND PREPARES TO BROADCAST ON YOUTUBE BY MNT GOAT, 29 JULY

THROUGH THE SCREENS.. THE IRAQI STOCK EXCHANGE DETERMINES THE COLORS OF THE DATA AND PREPARES TO BROADCAST ON YOUTUBE

The Iraq Stock Exchange announced today, Tuesday, its readiness to launch the trading screen broadcast on YouTube, while indicating the data colors.

The Executive Director, expert Taha Ahmed Abdel Salam, said, according to an issued document received by “Al-Eqtisad News”, that “the technical works to display the trading indicators display screens by adding the colors indicated according to the financial position of the companies (deficit) for the latest financial data and appeared on the broadcast screens and in the investors’ hall in the market as of the session of 7/23/2024 and in the following form

1- Companies with a deficit ratio of more than 50% are marked in red.

2- Companies with a deficit ratio between 30% – 50% are also in red.

3- Companies with a deficit ratio between 20% – 30% are in yellow.

4- Suspended companies in blue

5- The company colors will be updated according to the deficit percentage changes successively.

Regarding the launch of the broadcast on YouTube, Abdul Salam said, “Today’s session will also witness the launch of the broadcast via the Iraq Stock Exchange website via YouTube, in addition to broadcasting via the market’s Facebook page.”

"STATUS OF THE RV: What can we investors do to help in the RV situation?" BY MNT GOAT, 29 JULY

What can we investors do to help in the RV situation?

We must now buckle down and pray and pray like never before for the success of Al-Sudani and his agreements with Washington are implemented.

 You do want the RV don’t you? Pray for Iraq and also the U.S. in that there are strong enough representatives in Congress and the Senate who will stand up and continue to fight to uphold the US Constitution and keep fighting this Washington corruption. Pray that that God’s Hand will intervene and save our great country. Remember you can say the Rosary daily or use the prayers and links I provided from the Auxilium Christianorum for your prayers. 

Of course there is also your own form of prayer too. Folks your prayers so far ARE WORKING and God has heard our cries. Just look at all the progress made just since December 2022 when Iraq announced they were finally entirely out of Chapter VII. And now in 2024 the spigot is wide open the final issues preventing the reinstatement are being dealt with one by one. Can you see it too. I am trying my best to help you see it. We don’t’ need this foolishness of this speculative crap or everyday / any day garbage intel confusing us. You think this is all just coincidental? God’s Hand is at work here. He has given Iraq his anointed leader Al-Sundani to help in his work. Even I have to sit back in amazement of what he has accomplished so far. Pray for him and all his success. Let see what July brings us.

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Iraqi Dinar Fixed Rate or Floating Rate $3.22 vs. $3.86

IMPORTANT IRAQ NEWS: THE ROLE OF THE IRAQ STOCK EXCHANGE IN SUPPORTING MONETARY POLICY IN IRAQ

THE ROLE OF THE IRAQ STOCK EXCHANGE IN SUPPORTING MONETARY POLICY IN IRAQ 

Lawyer and banking expert Saif Al-Halfi

The world is now moving with rapid steps racing with the wind in the role of stocks supporting monetary policies, especially since the old classical theories considered that stock markets are not among the tools of monetary policy. This concept reflected a traditional understanding where monetary policy focused on tools such as interest rates, monetary facilities, and banks’ cash reserves.

The development of theories and the difference in models of economic studies differ with the development of research, studies and the financial market from one country to another. It is difficult to make a theory applicable to all countries and different economies, from emerging economies to more complex economies. Because of this dialectic based on trying to understand and establish the nature of the relationship between financial markets and monetary policy, which has become more evident in many countries.

Stock markets have become part of the general economic strategy of governments and central banks, especially after the introduction of the idea of ​​cryptocurrencies and digital banks, as they directly affect consumption, investment and economic confidence.

Iraqi market

In the case of the Iraqi model and long years of economic stagnation as a rentier economy that relies primarily on oil to finance its annual budgets and the state of price speculation on the stability of the dollar exchange rate in local markets or what is known as the parallel dollar situation, we can look at the Iraqi Stock Exchange as a tool supporting monetary policy and influencing the state of the rentier economy. This is done through:

1.Encouraging local and foreign investment.

The stock market can be a quick and important means of attracting local capital, especially cash in circulation, and trying to return it to banking incubators and investing it in short-term investments through price maneuvers on the shares of emerging companies listed on the Iraq Stock Exchange or long-term investments by pumping these cash blocks into the shares of profit generating companies, which are companies that regularly achieve rewarding annual financial profits, thus enhancing the idea of ​​💡 withdrawing the accumulated cash liquidity and returning it to banking incubators in a way that reduces immediate and temporary speculation on the parallel dollar in the local market.

It also creates real opportunities for foreign capital moving between emerging markets to enter, which provides them with the opportunity for quick entry, profitable investment and safe exit.

2.Diversifying the economy from excessive dependence on oil.

The stock market can be used to encourage local and international investments in sectors that create greater economic diversity than usual and a state of rapid sales and price maneuvers for shares of promising companies in Iraq.

3.Absorbing liquidity:

The stock market can play an important role in absorbing excess liquidity in the economy, which helps control inflation. This depends on the ability of the Iraqi market to be quick in price transactions from buying and selling through the shares of the companies listed in it and pressuring brokerage firms to apply and activate the latest smart systems and phone applications for daily sales and contracts executed in it, as well as encouraging the publication of financial data for Iraqi companies on international platforms that encourage understanding the culture of Iraqi company shares.

One of the most important economic theories that support that financial markets can be an effective tool in monetary policy is the Wealth Effec theory, which is summarized and almost consistent with understanding the dialectic of the Iraqi economy and the stock market economy. More consistent with the Iraqi model is the Wealth Effect Theory, written by Gregory Mankiw. Its summary is that the rise in the value of financial assets among individuals gives them an incentive to withdraw money and re-inject it into purchasing new assets and stocks in order to increase wealth and gives them a feeling of wealth, which prompts them to spend on consumption and develop the national economy.

In conclusion, all these theories and studies support the idea that financial markets can be an effective and successful tool in achieving economic stability and enhancing growth, especially in emerging markets such as Iraq. If the Iraqi stock market is exploited in the right way that attracts local and international investments, it can help diversify the Iraqi economy and create new opportunities that drive economic integration in Iraq, making the Iraqi Stock Exchange a valuable tool for monetary policies.

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