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Tishwash: Al-Alaq: 44 billion dinars is the volume of fuel sales via electronic payment in a month in Baghdad

The Governor of the Central Bank, Ali Al-Alaq, confirmed today, Saturday, that payment transactions at fuel stations in Baghdad recorded more than (44) billion dinars in July of this year.

Al-Alaq said during a workshop specializing in electronic payment, "The Central Bank of Iraq is working side by side with the government program and the Prime Minister's direction to support electronic payment."

He added: “We are proud of what we have achieved so far. In 2023, the amounts processed through the national switchboard witnessed a significant increase, reflecting the development of the infrastructure, the expansion in the use of electronic payment channels, and the impact of the campaign launched by the Prime Minister to activate electronic payment operations in general, and in the government sector in particular.”

The Governor of the Central Bank explained that "these upward trends continued to develop in 2024, as the amounts processed in the national switchboard systems amounted to more than (2) trillion Iraqi dinars in July alone, compared to (800) billion dinars in the same month of 2023, after which it became (1) trillion dinars in January of 2024, and government payments witnessed an additional increase, reaching (912) billion Iraqi dinars last July compared to (287) million dinars in the same month of 2023."

He pointed out that "payment operations at fuel stations in Baghdad alone increased significantly, recording more than (44) billion dinars in July of this year, compared to (183) million dinars in July of 2023 and (4.5) billion dinars in December 2023."

Al-Alaq revealed "a huge increase in the number of POS points of sale to reach more than (50) thousand POS points of sale this year, compared to approximately (11) thousand POS points of sale at the beginning of 2023, and thousands of them in government institutions after they were zero before the launch of the campaign in June 2023."

He expressed his "hope that government institutions would adopt the establishment of specialized units in electronic payment technologies to work on following up and developing this important aspect." link

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Tishwash: Al-Alaq: The Central Bank is working with the Prime Minister’s direction and the government program to support electronic payment

- Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Ali Mohsen Al-Alaq, confirmed today, Saturday, that the Central Bank is working with the Prime Minister's direction and the government program to support electronic payment.

The governor expressed his "hope that government institutions will adopt the establishment of units specialized in electronic payment technologies to work on following up and developing this important aspect." link

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Tishwash: Iraq's External and Internal Debts: Details and Figures from the Prime Minister's Financial Advisor

The financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, revealed the size of Iraq's internal and external debts.

Saleh said, in a statement to the media followed by "Al-Eqtisad News", that "Iraq is no longer, in terms of its balance of external debt, one of the countries with high debts, as the external debts due during the current decade do not exceed, in all cases, 9 billion dollars, and the general budget provides sufficient annual allocations to service all debts, which means paying installments and interest, according to the nature of the debt, which is what is called debt amortization."

He added, "Accordingly, Iraq has not recorded any default in paying its external debt obligations over the past twenty years, as payment mechanisms are carried out in accordance with strict financial and banking rules that are highly coordinated between the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Iraq, which has shown sustainable stability in creditworthiness indicators with international rating agencies, since the adoption of the first credit rating for Iraq in 2016 until the present time."

Saleh continued, "As for the internal debt, which amounts to nearly 78 trillion dinars or about 60 billion dollars, it is a debt existing within the government financial and banking system (exclusively) at a rate of 96%, and most of that debt was issued with debt instruments represented by government bonds of various terms and treasury transfers with a term of one year, and all of them carry an interest rate not exceeding 3% annually (with the exception of the recent issues of achievement bonds or others, in which the interest rate rises between 6.5 and 8.5% annually."

He pointed out that "mechanisms were adopted to pay interest or repay debt installments from the annual allocations allocated in the federal general budget. It is noted that the monetary authority, by deducting those internal government debts specifically, was able to liquidate them or convert them into cash by discounting them at the Central Bank of Iraq and through secondary market operations and within the scope of monetary policy activities that target growth in money supply, regulate economic liquidity and address the manifestations of economic recession during the past ten years."

He added, "The Central Bank's holdings of internal public debt instruments (specifically), whether bonds or treasury transfers, are estimated at about 45% of the total internal debt."

Saleh pointed out that "the growth of the domestic debt in particular during the last decade came as a result of two dual crises, the first: the financial-security crisis between 2014 and 2017 resulting from the drop in oil prices to less than half of their expected or indicated levels in the general budget law, accompanied by the increase in the expenses of the war on ISIS terrorism, which continued until Iraq was completely liberated from the clutches of terrorism."

He continued, "The other crisis is the financial-health crisis that worsened in early 2020 and until 2021, which witnessed a sharp deterioration in global oil prices and reached less than half of their expected price rates as well, accompanied by the health crisis (the Corona pandemic) and the closure of the global economy, which caused a deterioration in budget revenues, whether oil or non-oil."

He added, "Since the annual public budgets depend in their revenues on the revenues of exported oil, the revenues of which were exposed to a sharp decline during the two aforementioned dual crises, there was no suitable financial refuge for the financial authority except to borrow from the domestic banking market."

He stressed that "despite the above, all of Iraq's internal and external public debts do not exceed $70 billion today, and their ratio to the gross domestic product is about 30%, while the global standard ratio indicating the ability to bear the debt reaches 60% according to European Union standards."

He concluded his speech by saying, "Therefore, there is effective cooperation today between the financial and monetary authorities, to draw a roadmap for extinguishing the internal debt in addition to the external one, and in accordance with the financial strengthening policy aimed at reducing the balance of public debt and reducing the annual deficit in the annual budgets, and in accordance with the standard ratios adopted globally in determining the debt-bearing capacity." link

Prime Minister's Advisor: The Government Has Established A Roadmap For The Economic Model In Iraq

Politics | 04:06 - 10/08/2024 Mawazine News – Baghdad The Prime Minister's Financial Advisor, Mazhar Mohammed Salih, defined today, Saturday, the vision of the government's program regarding the economic model, and while indicating that it will guide investment decisions to achieve their goals, stressing that the government of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has established a roadmap for the work of the economic model in Iraq.

Salih said: "The economic model is a mathematical model used to represent the economy and analyze the behavior of various economic factors, as these models are used to understand how economic elements interact,"

indicating that "at the level of the philosophy of the government's program for Iraq, the basics of modeling the Iraqi economy were launched from an important vision based on the principle of analyzing the entire economy, taking into account the overall variables, most notably the basics of development and growth in the gross domestic product and imposing stability and effective operation of the joints of the national economy and the level of its interconnections."

He added that "the current digital life helps to use computing to conduct simulation experiments to understand the potential effects of various economic policies and adopt optimal paths from them," stressing that "Iraq has established in its government program a practical foundation and a roadmap for the work of the economic model for Iraq through the development path strategy, since the beginning of the government of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani."

He pointed out that "the state of economic imbalance and its severe unilateralism has always required thinking about the future of the economy through an approach based on generating an alternative sector that leads the national economy," explaining that "the development path program is an academic viewpoint,

and what the German economic thinker Albert Hirschmann presented in his famous book (Economic Development Strategy) published in 1958, in combating the state of imbalance and economic unilateralism with a theory based on economic development weight, and a leader for the economy that provides a high degree of backward and forward sectoral interconnections and high interactivity that achieves sustainable growth and restores balance in the long term for the national economy."

He pointed out that "this theory emphasizes in its model the need to invest in strategic sectors with a specific high priority instead of investing in all sectors at once," adding that "according to this theory, other sectors will develop automatically over time,

and from this standpoint the idea of ​​the economic model for the future of Iraq in prosperity and diversity was born, which is undoubtedly based on a strategy for the overall economy based on the development path."

Saleh noted that “this development strategy and the economic model that drives the macroeconomic variables, did not separate from it the vision of partnership between the state and the private sector and the principles of the social market within the data of the five-year national development plan and its objectives that were recently launched,” concluding his speech by saying that “the economic model or model for Iraq that we aspire to establish will provide the predictive foundations for evaluating economic policies and directing investment decisions to achieve their specific objectives in an optimal manner.” https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=253034

150 Thousand For Every 100 Dollars.. Stability Of The Dollar Exchange Rate In Baghdad

Economy | - 10/08/2024 Mawazine News – Baghdad Mawazine News publishes today, Saturday, the exchange rates of the dollar against the Iraqi dinar in local markets.

- Selling 150,000 dinars for every 100 dollars.

- Buying 148,000 dinars for every 100 dollars.

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Central Bank Of Iraq Announces Growth Of Electronic Payment From 800 Billion To 2 Trillion Dinars

Economy | 10/08/2024 Mawazine News – Baghdad The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq announced on Saturday a record increase in electronic payment operations from 800 billion to 2 trillion dinars in one year, noting that government payments reached 912 billion dinars during July 2024.

This came during his participation in a specialized workshop on accelerating the transition to electronic payment, organized by the "Osool" Foundation for Economic Development and Sustainable Development, followed by Shafak News Agency.

Al-Alaq said during his speech at the workshop that the Central Bank of Iraq works side by side with the government program and the Prime Minister's direction in supporting electronic payment, and we are proud of what we have achieved so far,

indicating that in 2023, the amounts processed through the national switchboard witnessed a significant increase, reflecting the development of the infrastructure and the expansion in the use of electronic payment channels and the impact of the campaign launched by the Prime Minister to activate electronic payment operations in general, and in the government sector in particular.

He added that these upward trends continued to develop in 2024, as the amounts processed in the national switchboard systems reached more than 2 trillion Iraqi dinars in July alone, compared to 800

billion dinars in the same month of 2023, and became 1 trillion dinars in January 2024, and government payments witnessed an additional increase, reaching 912 billion Iraqi dinars last July compared to 287 million dinars in the same month of 2023.

Al-Alaq indicated that payments at fuel stations in Baghdad alone increased significantly, recording more than 44 billion dinars in July of this year, compared to 183 million dinars in July of 2023, and 4.5 billion dinars in December 2023.

Al-Alaq revealed a huge increase in the number of POS points of sale to reach more than 50 thousand points of sale this year compared to approximately 11 thousand POS points of sale at the beginning of 2023, and thousands of them in government institutions after It was zero before the campaign was launched in June 2023.

Al-Alaq expressed his hope that government institutions would adopt the establishment of specialized units in electronic payment technologies to work on following up and developing this important aspect.https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=253011

Oil Equality.. Is Iraq Outside Profit And Loss Calculations?

Money and business Economy News – Baghdad Observers have warned of the fluctuations witnessed by the American economy and their repercussions on the global economy, especially on energy markets, but they confirmed at the same time that oil price indicators are still stable despite these fluctuations, and Iraq is outside the calculations of profit and loss in the fluctuations of the oil market, due to its reliance on the rentier economy.

While economic circles around the world were surprised by the sharp fluctuations and declines in the US stock market amid a wave of panic over fears of a possible recession in the world’s largest economy, the US economy, the main financial indicators witnessed a decline, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average of major US industrial companies, by about 1,000 points at once.”

Oil prices fell slightly in early Asian trading on Friday, but were set to post gains of more than 3 percent this week after U.S. jobs data eased demand concerns and continued concerns about a widening conflict in the Middle East.

Brent crude futures were down 9 cents, or 0.11 percent, at $79.07 a barrel by 0030 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were down 1 cent at $76.09 a barrel.

However, both crudes are on track to post gains of more than 3 percent on a weekly basis.

Gaza and Israel

Israeli forces intensified air strikes on the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 40 people, Palestinian medics said, as they brace for the possibility of a wider war in the region.

“Crude oil continued to recover from its latest slide as markets focused on escalating geopolitical risks,” said Daniel Hynes, analyst at ANZ.

Libya's National Oil Corporation also provided some support when it declared force majeure at the Sharara oil field, saying the field's production was being gradually reduced due to protests.

Prices rose after data showed the number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, suggesting that fears of a deteriorating labor market were overblown.

The dollar rose after the jobs data. A stronger dollar typically reduces oil prices because buyers using other currencies have to pay more for dollar-denominated crude.

The financial and economic advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Mohammed Saleh, expected oil prices to recover after a rapid decline in global markets in recent days.

Huge losses

Saleh said, "The drop in oil prices will cause a huge loss in the investments of American oil companies operating in the field of extracting shale oil if global oil prices fall below $70 per barrel, which will cause their operations to falter."

He pointed out that “the US monetary policy is expected to inevitably move towards an expansionary policy to confront the current recession, led by the quantitative easing policy through the possibility of the Federal Reserve reducing interest and stimulating liquidity to confront the challenges of the deterioration of the US economy and provide the necessary protection for financial investors in particular against the collapse of financial markets, including futures markets operating with crude oil contracts.”

Saleh explained that “all of these factors will shorten the paths of the oil asset cycle’s decline so that the oil markets can recover, if that cycle occurs and leads to a decline in oil market prices.”

What's behind the rise?

Oil prices rose to $79 a barrel after Brent crude fell to a seven-month low on Monday, tracking a decline in global stock markets.

Futures are set to snap a four-week losing streak, with Libya’s largest field out of action, U.S. inventories falling for a sixth week and Ukrainian incursions into Russia exacerbating the upside.

Meanwhile, jet fuel demand is improving in China, a rare bright spot after months of bearish signals, including data this week that showed the world’s biggest crude importer took in the fewest barrels in almost two years in July. 120 views 2024/08/10 -https://economy-news.net/content.php?id=46121

Central Bank Governor: We Have A Broad Transformation Program Towards Digitization

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Economy News – Baghdad The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Ali Al-Alaq, confirmed the existence of a broad transformation program towards digitization and the use of electronic payment tools.

Al-Alaq said in an interview followed by "Al-Eqtisad News", "There is a broad transformational program towards digitization and the use of electronic payment tools in a way that enhances this large program, and today we are witnessing developments reflected by the real numbers of the use of electronic payment tools, whether in the public or private sector."

Al-Alaq added: “We are now providing the broad infrastructure to enable all financial services tools and products to play their role,” considering that “this plays a very important role in our national economy and also in investing the existing energies, whether material or human.”

The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq pointed out that "there is an integration of roles between electronic payment companies, banks and the Central Bank in a continuous manner in order to proceed with this major project."

He stressed, "We will reflect the size of the development in numbers in the past period and how the growth has become significant using these tools."

In June 2023, the Central Bank of Iraq announced the entry into force of Iraqi Cabinet Resolution No. (23044) for the year 2023, which is to increase the number of electronic payment devices in government institutions and the private sector to enhance the culture of electronic payment and collection, and reduce the use of paper money in collection and commercial transactions.

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August 2024 Harvard Business Review: The Race to Dominate Stablecoins.

Yes, it is a race.

Companies are fighting to capture the market share that this new form of money is creating in the crypto universe.

“Stablecoins have the potential to REWIRE the global financial system and DISPLACE legacy payment systems like SWIFT.

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Al-Sudani: Without The Women’s Stance, The Greatest Changes In History Would Not Have Been Achieved

Politics |Today, Baghdad Today – Baghdad Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani confirmed today, Saturday (August 10, 2024), that his government realized early on that the goals of economic and social reform must pass through the gate of women.

Al-Sudani said during the conference on combating violence against women, which was followed by "Baghdad Today", that "this conference represents an important platform for exchanging ideas and supporting the effective role of women, as without the position of women, the greatest changes in history would not have been confirmed."

He added, "In our government, we realized early on that the goals of economic and social reform must pass through the gate of women, and we embodied the fight against violence against women in our support for the Sixteen Days Campaign, and we sought within a clear approach to establish the Supreme Council for Women's Affairs to be a direct planning and executive gate, and today we are proud and honored that our government includes in its administrative institutions many leading women."

He pointed out that "we will discuss in a specialized workshop all the observations raised about the Personal Status Law." LINK

Does Iraq Still Need The Role Of The United Nations?

Iraq,Reports # United Nations # UNAMI # Iraq The Iraqi government, headed by Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, took a step that successive governments after 2003 had not taken before, by asking the United Nations to end its political mission in the country by the end of 2025, which it has been carrying out for more than two decades, as Baghdad’s request to the organization stated that its presence was no longer necessary.

However, local observers tell Al-Jabal that Iraq needs neutral and professional international expertise to help it reach safety.

Al-Sudani stressed that in these circ*mstances and after 20 years of democratic transition and overcoming various challenges, the reasons for the presence of a political mission in Iraq no longer exist, calling for the mission's mandate to be permanently terminated on December 31, 2025, based on the letter he sent to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres.

Al-Sudani called for UNAMI to focus until then on files related to economic reform, combating climate change, and development issues.

What Does The United Nations In Iraq Consist Of?

The United Nations consists of two field missions (UNAMI and UNITAD), and UN agencies, funds and programmes, operating at the community, governorate and national levels throughout Iraq.

As for field missions, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) is a special political mission established in 2003 by United Nations Security Council resolution 1500, at the request of the Government of the Republic of Iraq. The mandate of the Mission is to advise and assist the Government on a range of issues.

This includes promoting inclusive political dialogue and national reconciliation, assisting in the electoral process, planning for a nationwide census, facilitating regional dialogue between Iraq and its neighbors, and promoting the protection of human rights and judicial and legal reforms. The Mission is also mandated by its mandate to work with government partners and civil society to coordinate the humanitarian and development efforts of specialized United Nations agencies, funds and programmes.

While the Mission does not implement humanitarian or development programmes itself, it does promote the development and humanitarian landscape in Iraq, linking Iraqi partners – both government and civil society organizations – with the technical expertise available within the United Nations Country Team in Iraq.

The Mission is headed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, assisted by a Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs and Electoral Assistance, and another Deputy Special Representative who also serves as Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq.

New Special Representative For Iraq

In the middle of last month, the United Nations announced the appointment of Mohammed Al-Hassan as its new Special Representative in Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), succeeding Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.

The international organization said in a statement that "the Secretary-General of the United Nations announced the appointment of Mohammed Al-Hassan from the Sultanate of Oman as his new Special Representative in Iraq and Head of the UNAMI mission, succeeding Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert from the Netherlands."

Al-Hassan has diverse diplomatic experience, as his career spans more than 30 years in the field of preventive diplomacy, peacebuilding and development. His most recent position was Permanent Representative of the Sultanate of Oman to the United Nations since 2019, according to the same statement.

Prior to that, Al Hassan held several positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Muscat. Among the senior positions he held were Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Oman to the Russian Federation, and during the same period he was a non-resident ambassador to Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia and Moldova.

Informed sources told Al-Jabal that Mohammed Al-Hassan will soon begin his work, succeeding Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.

In this context, the Prime Minister's Advisor for International Relations, Farhad Alaa Al-Din, confirmed that the United Nations mission will end its tasks at the end of 2025, and Iraq expressed its gratitude and thanks for all the work and assistance provided by the mission over the past two decades.

In his interview with Al-Jabal, he stated that Iraq looks forward to continuing cooperation with the independent organizations and agencies affiliated with the United Nations according to an agreed upon program and according to Iraq’s needs, especially in the field of technical support, transfer of expertise, and building institutional capacities.

Iraq Needs International Expertise

Meanwhile, political and legal expert, Khaled Al-Ardawi, reveals that the international mission’s stay or exit is a matter decided by Iraqi need, as the presence of international missions is completely useful to help unstable peoples and countries or those that have emerged from severe military and political conflicts that have left a negative impact on their social and political cohesion, constitutional structure and security stability, due to the long international experience of the United Nations in this field, and its neutral role in setting advisory policies and strategies for governments in addressing their problems.

Al-Ardawi explained to Al-Jabal that anyone following the Iraqi situation in all fields can easily see that the Iraqi political, social and security situation is still fragile, and that our country still needs neutral and professional international expertise to help it reach the shore of safety.

Accordingly, the government’s decision to expel the UN mission remains respected, but it must reconsider it through technical committees, far from urgent political impressions.

Political Pressures

Meanwhile, the political researcher, Mujasha’ Muhammad Al-Tamimi, saw that the observer of the situation in Iraq sees that it is politically, economically, security-wise and socially unstable, so Iraq needs the help of friends to overcome its crises, and the United Nations and its mission in Iraq carry out advisory and guidance operations, not imposing decisions and transmitting reliable reports to the international community, so I see that Iraq needs the United Nations mission to help.

According to what Al-Tamimi told Al-Jabal, it seems that the Iraqi request to end the United Nations mission came as a result of political pressures imposed on the Iraqi government. Up until now, it is not believed that Iraq will abandon the role of the United Nations even after the end of its mission in Iraq. There may be a change of heart from the government if it sees that the situation in Iraq needs a United Nations mission. https://aljeebal.com/posts/305

Central Bank Of Iraq Announces Growth Of Electronic Payment From 800 Billion To 2 Trillion Dinars[/Size]

Economy | 10/08/2024 Mawazine News - Baghdad The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq announced on Saturday a record increase in electronic payment operations from 800 billion to 2 trillion dinars in one year, noting that government payments reached 912 billion dinars during July 2024.

This came during his participation in a specialized workshop on accelerating the transition to electronic payment, organized by the "Osool" Foundation for Economic Development and Sustainable Development, followed by Shafak News Agency.

Al-Alaq said during his speech at the workshop that the Central Bank of Iraq works side by side with the government program and the Prime Minister's direction in supporting electronic payment, and we are proud of what we have achieved so far, indicating that in 2023, the amounts processed through the national switchboard witnessed a significant increase, reflecting the development of the infrastructure and the expansion in the use of electronic payment channels and the impact of the campaign launched by the Prime Minister to activate electronic payment operations in general, and in the government sector in particular.

He added that these upward trends continued to develop in 2024, as the amounts processed in the national switchboard systems reached more than 2 trillion Iraqi dinars in July alone, compared to 800 billion dinars in the same month of 2023, and became 1 trillion dinars in January 2024, and government payments witnessed an additional increase, reaching 912 billion Iraqi dinars last July compared to 287 million dinars in the same month of 2023.

Al-Alaq indicated that payments at fuel stations in Baghdad alone increased significantly, recording more than 44 billion dinars in July of this year, compared to 183 million dinars in July of 2023, and 4.5 billion dinars in December 2023.

Al-Alaq revealed a huge increase in the number of POS points of sale to reach more than 50 thousand points of sale this year compared to approximately 11 thousand POS points of sale at the beginning of 2023, and thousands of them in government institutions after It was zero before the campaign was launched in June 2023.

Al-Alaq expressed his hope that government institutions would adopt the establishment of specialized units in electronic payment technologies to work on following up and developing this important aspect. https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=253011

Stocks Dropped 89% - Will It Happen Again? | Alasdair Macleod

Liberty and Finance: 8-9-2024

Financial analyst Alasdair Macleod draws parallels between current market conditions and those of 1929, just before the Great Depression.

He observes that the disparity between bond yields and equity valuations today mirrors the imbalances seen before the 1929 crash.

This disconnect could lead to a severe market correction, similar to the initial panic that triggered the Great Depression.

Macleod warns that while central banks attempt to stabilize the situation, the underlying economic issues could result in a prolonged and significant downturn.

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BRICS Advances Toward Independent Digital Payment Platform, Russian Official Says

Geopolitical analyst: 8-9-1014

The BRICS economic bloc is progressing towards a digital payment platform, Russia’s Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko has revealed. The initiative, named BRICS Bridge, aims to establish an independent financial system. This system could mitigate dependency on Western institutions, especially amid sanctions and Russia’s SWIFT disconnection.

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Fed Broke Another Central Bank, Global Sovereign Debt Crisis & Financial Turmoil Coming – Ed Dowd

Kitco News: 8-10-2024

Michelle Makori, Lead Anchor and Editor-in-Chief at Kitco News, interviews Edward Dowd, Founding Partner of Phinance Technologies, who warns that the Federal Reserve finally broke something as interest rates remained at 23-year highs for over a year.

Dowd explains that during this rate-hike cycle, what ended up breaking was another central bank – the Bank of Japan.

He outlines the consequences of this and says the clock has started counting down towards a global debt crisis. Dowd shares his macro outlook while also weighing in on geopolitical tensions and potentially identifying the next ‘Black Swan’ event.

He also gives his outlook on banking, projecting more stress and consolidation in the sector. Dowd warns of a scenario that could open the door to a central bank digital currency (CBDC).

He also speaks about U.S. elections, the U.S. dollar, Bitcoin and gold.

00:00 Coming Up

01:49 Introduction: The Fed Finally Broke Something

04:01 Fed's Actions and Economic Indicators

06:09 Global Debt Crisis and Japan

09:24 Yen Carry Trade 14:60 Geopolitical Tensions and Economic Implications

23:59 Banking Sector Outlook and CBDC Concerns

29:48 CBDCs 36:55 Macro Outlook

44:14 The Future of the Dollar and De-dollarization

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Tishwash: Parliamentary Committee: The decline in oil prices will not affect the budget

On Saturday, the Parliamentary Oil and Energy Committee in the House of Representatives renewed its assertion that the drop in oil prices to $70 per barrel will not affect the budget.

Vice Chairman of the Committee, Nehru Mahmoud Qadir, told the Maaloma Agency, “There are concerns if the price of a barrel of oil reaches less than $70 in next year’s budget.”

He added, "The price of a barrel of oil was calculated at $70 in the budget for the year 2024, indicating that the slight fluctuation in oil prices will not affect it."

He stressed that "employees' salaries are fully insured even if oil prices drop to $70." link

Tishwash: Central Bank Governor Participates in a Workshop Specialized in Electronic Payment

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Tishwash: Document.. The Iraqi judiciary settles the controversy over whether the governor of the Central Bank should remain in his position or not

The Supreme Judicial Council in Iraq supported the State Council’s decision to refer the Central Bank Governor, Ali Al-Alaq, to ​​retirement after reaching the legal age.

The Supreme Judicial Council said in an official document, a copy of which was received by Shafaq News Agency, that the same subject was studied by the Studies Committee in the Presidency of the Judicial Supervision Authority, and the same opinion of the State Council was reached in the two aforementioned decisions.

The House of Representatives had sent a letter to the Supreme Judicial Council inquiring about the judiciary’s opinion on the permissibility of the bank governor continuing in service after reaching the legal retirement age.

The State Council has decided the official position on whether or not the Central Bank Governor, Ali Al-Alaq, will continue in his position, confirming that he has exceeded the legal retirement age.

It was stated in correspondence between the State Council and Parliament, in response to the House of Representatives’ request to clarify the opinion of the State Council regarding the permissibility of the Governor of the Central Bank continuing in service after reaching the legal retirement age.

The State Council had explained, according to the documents, that Clause (First) of Article (103) of the Constitution stipulated that the Central Bank shall be a financially and administratively independent body whose work shall be regulated by law and which shall be accountable to the House of Representatives. Article (2) of the Central Bank Law issued pursuant to Order No. (56) of 2004 of the (dissolved) Provisional Coalition Authority stipulated that the Central Bank shall be a legal entity with full capacity and independence and subject to accountability.

He pointed out that the legislator has explicitly stipulated that retirement upon reaching the legal age is an inevitable retirement by law unless exempted by a special provision, and since there is no special provision exempting the Governor of the Central Bank from the provisions of inevitable retirement upon reaching the legal age.

The State Council confirmed that the legal principle states: “Heads of independent bodies are subject to the legal retirement age.” link

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Tishwash: Iraq loses $52 billion in foreign investment due to "corruption"

On Saturday, the head of the "Iraq Al-Mustaqbal" Foundation concerned with economic affairs, Manar Al-Obaidi, referred to the latest report of the United Nations Development Program, which revealed the exit of more than 5 billion US dollars in foreign direct investments from Iraq in 2023.

The report showed, according to Al-Obaidi, that Iraq lost foreign investments worth more than 52 billion US dollars from 2013 to 2023.

Al-Obaidi stressed, in a statement received by Shafak News Agency, the importance of foreign investments in stimulating economic growth, increasing job opportunities, and transferring knowledge, stressing that foreign investments are an important source of income for funds not linked to state revenues or local investments.

Al-Obaidi identified the main reasons for the exit of these investments from Iraq, which include the deteriorating business environment, lack of transparency, accumulated bureaucracy, and multiple and conflicting decision-making sources, explaining that the lack of clear laws to protect foreign investors’ funds also contributed to this deterioration.

Al-Obaidi described the private sector support programmes as “weak slogans”, pointing out that the totalitarian and socialist thinking is prevalent in government institutions, which has negatively affected the objectives of investment agencies that have focused mainly on local real estate investments rather than in the fields of energy, infrastructure and productive projects.

Al-Ubaidi stressed that the continuation of socialist and pastoral thinking in government agencies will lead to the continued draining of foreign investments from Iraq.

He stressed the need for a real will to improve the business environment through three basic elements: transparency, facilities, and protection, in order to attract foreign investors and strengthen the Iraqi economy. link

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He pointed out that "thecentral bank, with the aim of maintaining market stability, sells foreign currency to the market through the currency sale window and auction, to withdraw liquidity a second time and repeat it again so that there is a natural growth in theexported currency."

Mazhar Muhammad Salih noted that, “In this case,when the government wants liquidity in the Iraqi dinar, the cash issuance increases, that is,

instead of absorbing it from the market, anew issuanceoccurs, and

this is whatled to a jump intheexported currency, but

there is no problem with that because it is100% covered.”/End H

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Saleh: There Is No Problem With Liquidity At All, And What Happened In The American Markets Requires Caution

Read: 572 times {Economic: Al-Furat News}Thefinancial and economic advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Saleh,denied that there was a problem withcash liquidityin the Iraqi currency. Saleh said in a press statement,

“There is no problem withliquidityat all becauseit is covered byforeign currency,” indicating that

“themechanism for obtainingcash liquidityis thatoil sales are converted into US dollars, and

when the government needsdinars for internal exchange,oil sales are exchanged for dollars and go to a bank.” The monetary issue that is the central bank to give it currency.” He pointed out that

"thecentral bank, with the aim ofmaintaining market stability,

sells foreigncurrency to the market through the currency sale window and auction, to
withdraw liquidity a second timeand
thenrepeat it againso that there is a natural growth in the exported currency."

As for thesizeof themonetary supply, Saleh explained,

“There has been anincrease inliquiditywithin a year,as the issued currency has become more than 100 trillion dinars, after it was 80 trillion dinars,” stressing that

“these surgeshave no effect as long asthey are covered by foreign currency.”

The financial advisor to the Prime Minister believes that theworld's economic circles were surprised by sharp fluctuations and declines in theUS stock marketamid awave of panic over fears about a possible recession in the largest economy in the world, and that

"these declines were built on a combination of local and global economic factors that led to weak investor confidence in the performance of... The American economy, and

if the situation continues for six continuous months, the recession will turn into a major depression that will hit all the world’s economies.” Saleh pointed out,

“The US Energy Information Administration previously announced that it expects average prices to reach about $89 per barrel for the rest of 2024,

butthere is a gradual decline in global oil prices, which has begun to coincide with the decline in the value of financial assets in the American markets, especially the decline in oil.”

The signal is (Brent crude), which ranges at about $76 per barrel in futures contracts after it reached approximately $88 per barrel last June, which requires more caution and economic calculation.”
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Leaks About The Dismissal Of The Governor Of The Central Bank Of Iraq: The Hidden Reasons And Implications

Dismissal of the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq: Financial disputes or a political conspiracy?

Al-Independent/ -Informed sources reported that the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq,Ali Mohsen Al-Alaq, faces imminent dismissal in the coming days, not because he has reached the legal age as previously thought, but because ofhis opposition to financing projects and loans worth millions of dollars provided by the Sudanese government.

The scene became more ambiguous as Al-Alaq remained silent and refused to answer questions from the media.

According to a source who requested anonymity to Al-Mustaqila’s correspondent, Al-Alaq strongly opposed the financial arrangements that included financing huge projects and loans from the Sudanese government, and

this position appears to have been the main factor behind the moves to remove him from his position.

The sources have not yet revealed precise details about the type of these projects or loans, but the large amounts associated with them have sparked disagreements between Al-Alaq and the Iraqi government.

Thesame source indicated that the potential replacement for Ali Mohsen Al-Alaq’s position is already ready, and

he is a person who is expected to quickly take over the position once it is vacated.

It is expected that the replacement will follow policies in line with the current government's trends, which may explain the speed of the decision to dismiss.

In a related context, some media and political sources issued warnings to the Prime Minister regarding the influence of a group of personalities or parties on government decisions related to the financial sector.

The warnings indicated the need to be wary of these individuals and their potential impact on monetary and financial policy in Iraq.

The government of Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani is accused of corruption, even though Al-Sudani was a critic of the government of Mustafa Al-Kadhimi.

However, his rule witnessed an increase in corruption and its penetration into the joints of the state.

One of the controversial decisions during his reign was to reduce the exchange rate of the dollar against the dinar, which caused losses to the state budget exceeding 15 billion dollars. https://mustaqila.com/علي-محسن-العلاق/

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Is U.S. Dollar Becoming an ‘Unhinged Paper Currency’? ‘It’s Worst It’s Ever Been!’ – Art Laffer

Kitco News: 8-9-2024

Michelle Makori, Lead Anchor and Editor-in-Chief at Kitco News, interviews Dr. Arthur Laffer, Founder & Chairman of Laffer Associates and Former Economic Advisor to President Reagan and President Trump.

Laffer says the U.S. dollar is moving towards becoming an “unhinged paper currency.” He discusses de-dollarization, the implications of the weaponization of the U.S. dollar, and the competing global payment alternatives gaining traction, including Bitcoin and gold.

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26:06 Economic Policies and Future Outlook

40:46 King Dollar and Global Prosperity

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Tishwash: Sudden escalation"... America threatens Iran with a "devastating strike" and reveals a message to it

America threatened Iran today, Thursday, August 8, 2024, with a "strike and devastating consequences" if it launched a major attack against Israel, in revenge for the assassination of former political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran at the end of last month.

The Wall Street Journal quoted an American official as saying, "We warned Iran that it could suffer a devastating blow if it launched a major attack on Israel."

"We sent a message to Iran that there is a risk of escalation if it launches a major retaliatory attack," the US official added.

He said, "Our message to Tehran did not include a threat to carry out an American strike against targets in Iran," stressing that "they warned Iran of consequences for its economy and the stability of its government if it launched a major attack."

For its part, the US State Department announced that "escalating the conflict could harm the Iranian economy," adding, "We continue to make clear to Iran that it should not escalate the conflict."

The US State Department stated that the US administration "does not communicate directly with Hezbollah, but we have partners in the region who are talking to the party."

The world, the countries of the region, and Israel are awaiting the Iranian military response to the assassination of the former head of the political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, at his residence in Tehran on July 31, a day after the inauguration of the new Iranian president.

In the latest Iranian threats, Iran's acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri told France Presse today, "Our response to Haniyeh's assassination will be costly for Israel, but it will be in the interest of the region's security," stressing that "Israel is not in a position to wage war against Iran." link

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Tishwash: Parliamentary Committee: Consultative meetings to amend the Investment Law

A member of the Parliamentary Investment Committee confirmed, on Friday, that consultative meetings will be held to amend the investment law in the country.

Committee member Asaad Al-Bazouni told {Al-Furat News} agency that “the parliamentary investment committee is working on amending the investment law, especially with regard to industrial investment, and discussing its paragraphs through large advisory sessions, especially since Iraq is now heading towards the private investment sector, so there is a need for the law to be suitable for the Iraqi environment and for investors from other countries.”

Al-Bazouni pointed out that "work is underway on the law because it is of great importance in the field of investment, especially since Iraq needs investment because Iraq relies on oil and other simple resources," indicating that "by activating investment and the private sector, there will be other doors for Iraq's income. The budget now has a large deficit and the decline in oil prices is declining and putting us in a big problem, especially since the budget was calculated on the basis of $60 per barrel."

He added, "Reliance on oil resources causes us major problems, and we must rely on more than one resource. Iraq is capable in its industry, agriculture, investment, and lands, and we need to provide a safe and suitable environment for economists, foreign investors, and major international companies. "link

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Tishwash: Parliamentary Finance: Political and economic reasons prevent Iraq from opening foreign currency channels

The Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed, today, Friday (August 9, 2024), that there are political and economic reasons preventing Iraq from opening channels for foreign currencies other than the dollar.

Committee member Jamal Kojer said in an interview with Baghdad Today, "Iraq's failure to open channels for foreign currencies other than the dollar is certainly due to political and economic reasons and internal and external factors."

Kocher explained that "opening a window for foreign currencies is done through the presence of tourism, various foreign investments, and foreign industry inside Iraq, and until now the security environment and the political environment are not conducive to providing such an atmosphere, and for this reason there is no window for foreign currencies, and therefore the matter is limited only to dealing in dollars."

It is noteworthy that the Central Bank of Iraq decided on July 4, 2024, to start selling dollars to travelers, exclusively through corporate and banking outlets at international airports.

Meanwhile, the Central Bank decided to grant category “AB” exchange companies the ability to record internal and external remittance activities via the FITR platform. link

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Tishwash: Revealing the ministries that constitute 80% of the value of salaries in Iraq

Today, Thursday, August 8, 2024, the head of the "Iraq the Future" Foundation for Economic Studies and Consultations, Manar Al-Obaidi, revealed the ministries that constitute 80% of the value of salaries in Iraq.

Al-Obaidi said in a post on Facebook, followed by Sumaria News, that the ministries that constitute 80% of the value of salaries are: the Ministry of Interior 14 trillion dinars annually, the Ministry of Education 10 trillion dinars annually, the Ministry of Defense 8 trillion dinars annually, the Council of Ministers and all the bodies under it 6 trillion dinars annually, in addition to the Ministry of Health 5.6 trillion dinars annually, and higher education 2.6 trillion dinars annually, in addition to the Council of Representatives 500 billion dinars annually.

He added that most ministries witnessed annual growth in their salaries during 2024 and 2023, noting that some ministries, such as electricity, oil, industry and communications, have mostly self-financed directorates, so their salary schedules do not appear in the government's operating expenses. link