6. Continued push on digital payments/ reduced cash economy (cuts leakage and improves tax collection). 7. Clear, enforced resolution of the Kurdistan oil and revenue-sharing mechanism so the federal budget is no longer constantly bleeding. 8. Full completion of the cabinet under al-Zaidi and a functioning government that can actually pass and implement the above (vote coming 8/15-20). None of these items equals an automatic higher dinar rate. Collectively they shrink the fiscal hemorrhage, raise the quality of revenue, reduce leakage, and make the revalued currency defensible. All of this is achievable and Baghdad has no choice but to act swiftly. Lightning-speed fire under Iraq’s a*s progress is and will continue to unfold… Ross [Post 2 of 2]
