Iraq Economic News and Points to Ponder Sunday Afternoon 12-24-23
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The American Ambassador: We Will Continue To Provide Dollar Services To Iraq
Political | 12/24/2023 Mawazine News – Baghdad The US Ambassador to Iraq, Alenia Romanski, announced today, Sunday, that her country will continue to provide US dollar services to Iraq.
Romanski said in a tweet, “The executive agency responsible for promoting economic prosperity and ensuring the financial security of the United States continues its cooperation with the Central Bank of Iraq.”
Romanowski added, “Many Iraqi banks have formed relationships with international banks for the first time, which is a positive step in making progress in reforming the banking sector. We will continue to provide US dollar services to Iraq in the interest of economic stability.”
Sudanese Advisor On The Dollar: The Battle Is Almost Over
Economy | 12/24/2023 Mawazine News – Baghdad The media advisor to the Prime Minister, Hisham Al-Rikabi, confirmed today, Sunday, that our battle with the dollar is nearing the end.
Al-Rikabi stated in a tweet followed by Mawazine News, that “the will of the Sudanese government to carry out reform within the financial institutions in Iraq and the insistence on correction were important factors in strengthening confidence between Baghdad and Washington, and constituted a positive step in achieving success within the banking sector.”
He noted that “we said it before and we confirm it today. Our battle with the dollar is almost over.”
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The dollar continues its gradual decline, falling to 150 dinars
Economy | 12/24/2023 Mawazine News – Baghdad The exchange rates of the US dollar continue to decline against the Iraqi dinar in the local markets in the capital, Baghdad, and the provinces.
Dollar prices fell with the closure of the main Al-Kifah and Al-Harithiya stock exchanges in Baghdad, recording 150,200 Iraqi dinars against 100 dollars, while this morning it recorded 151,950 Iraqi dinars against 100 dollars.
Selling prices in banking shops in local markets in Baghdad declined, as the selling price reached 151,250 dinars for 100 dollars, while the purchase price reached 149,250 dinars for 100 dollars.
It is noteworthy that the Federal Reserve Bank, the US central bank, imposed procedures and restrictions on external financial transfers from Iraq, to ensure that they do not reach Tehran and Damascus. https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=239578
A Significant Decline In Iraq’s Oil Exports To America Last Week
Energy Economy News – Baghdad The US Energy Information Administration announced on Sunday that Iraq’s oil exports to America declined significantly over the past week.
A table published by the administration showed that “the average US imports of crude oil during the past week from nine major countries amounted to 5.674 million barrels per day, an increase of 168 thousand barrels per day from the previous week, which amounted to 5.506 million barrels per day.”
The table added that Iraq’s oil exports to America amounted to 22 thousand barrels per day last week, down by 63 thousand barrels per day from the previous week, which reached an average of 85 thousand barrels per day.
She indicated that most of America’s oil revenues during the past week came from Canada at an average of 3,686 million barrels per day, followed by Mexico with an average of 851 million barrels per day, and oil revenues from Saudi Arabia amounted to an average of 406 thousand barrels per day, and then Colombia at an average of 215 thousand barrels per day.
According to the administration, “the amount of American imports of crude oil, from Brazil at a rate of 197 thousand barrels per day, from Nigeria at a rate of 162 thousand barrels per day, from Libya at a rate of 86 thousand barrels per day, and from Ecuador at a rate of 49 thousand barrels per day, while no quantity of oil was imported.” Russia . 12/24/2023 – https://economy-news.net/content.php?id=38775
Central Bank Sales Exceed $209 Million Today
Sunday 24 December 2023 | Economical Number of readings: 317 Baghdad / NINA / The Central Bank of Iraq announced, today, Sunday, its total sales of foreign currency through the electronic window.
The total transfers abroad (remittances, credits) amounted to $180,262,684, while the total cash sales amounted to $28,940,000, and the total sales amounted to $209,202,684.
The cash sale price was calculated at 1,305 dinars per dollar, while the bond credits, international settlements for the electronic card, and external transfers were at 1,310 dinars per dollar. /End 11
https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=1097104
During The Meeting With Private Banks, The Private Sector Department Takes New Measures To Support Projects
Economy | 12/24/2023 Mawazine News – Baghdad The Private Sector Department in the Ministry of Commerce organized, on Sunday, a “deliberative” meeting for a number of bank guarantee and project financing companies, private banks, and a number of sectoral ministries, organizations and unions of the Iraqi private sector to develop mechanisms for supporting medium, small and micro projects and the possibility of providing financial loans through banks.
Civil and governmental institutions, as well as finding serious solutions to address the problems and obstacles facing the work of these projects.
The media of the Private Sector Department stated in a statement, “The meeting discussed in detail the mechanisms of support provided to small projects and overcoming the obstacle of guarantees that may be an obstacle” to granting these loans, including It preserves public money and contributes to providing possible facilities for the success of micro-projects.
According to the statement, Assistant Director General of the Private Sector Development Department, Muhammad Hanoun, pointed out, according to the statement, a number of recommendations that came out of the meeting, most notably the submission of a proposal by the Iraqi Company for Bank Guarantees to establish a guarantee fund managed by The company is funded by the Central Bank.
He added, “The recommendations also included an agreement to continue holding meetings and to form a committee of banks and sectoral bodies concerned with supporting small projects, in addition to representatives from other banks and the Central Bank, and an agreement to establish a working mechanism for how to support small projects, which will be discussed by the members of the committee and submitted to higher authorities.”
The Private Sector Development Department in the Ministry of Commerce had announced a platform (support) initiative for small and micro projects through coordination with the Central Bank of Iraq and a number of government banks, as well as holding workshops to train project owners to prepare an economic feasibility study for projects scheduled to be established in various fields of work as well. The department works to implement the national strategy for developing the private sector.
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The President Of The Republic Congratulates Christians On The Occasion Of Christmas
Iraq Sunday, December 24, 2023 Baghdad/National News Center Today, Sunday, President Abdel Latif Rashid recalled the Hamdaniya incident on the occasion of Christmas and New Year.
Rashid said in a blog post followed by the National News Center: “We extend our congratulations and blessings to our Christian people in Iraq and the entire world on the occasion of Christmas and the New Year, wishing security and peace for our country, our people, and throughout the region and the world.”
He added: “On this occasion, we remember the victims of the painful Hamdaniya incident. May they have mercy and may their families have patience and solace.” https://nnciraq.com/242723/
Provoking Points To Ponder on Inspiration:
It is the spur of ignorance, the consciousness of not understanding, and the curiosity about that which lies beyond that are essential to our progress. – John Pierce
One starts an action simply because one must do something. – T. S. Eliot
What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not. – Saint Augustine
If you’re good to your staff when things are going well, they’ll rally when times go bad. – Mary Kay Ash
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.– Pearl S. Buck
The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real. – Marge Piercy
Beware of trying to accomplish anything by force. – Angela Merici
Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants, lives so as to give a meaning and a value to his own life. – Luigi Pirandello
Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire. – Patti Smith
For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing. – Friedrich Nietzsche
The moment somebody says to me, “This is very risky,” is the moment it becomes attractive to me. – Kate Capshaw
Discontent is the first step in progress. No one knows what is in him till he tries, and many would never try if they were not forced to. – Basil W. Maturin
All progress is based upon a universal, innate desire on the part of every living organism to live beyond its income. – Samuel Butler
It is the spur of ignorance, the consciousness of not understanding, and the curiosity about that which lies beyond that are essential to our progress. – John Pierce
One starts an action simply because one must do something. – T. S. Eliot
What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not. – Saint Augustine
Famous Quotes and Authors, Famous Quotations for all Occasions
