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A Real Effective Exchange Rate is going to be based off fundamentals.  If you’re still talking about a [lop] you really don’t know what you’re doing.  You really got to […]

Removing the zeros from the dinar is mainly a bookkeeping step…It does not make the money stronger by itself…A strong currency comes from a strong economy and solid institutions… Remove […]

[The CBI and GOI] are prepping people, putting a seed in their head that change is coming.  They’re opening up the conversation about the digital dinar.  They’re opening up the conversation […]

A short hard deadline, something like one month, for citizens to turn in the large notes is not just administrative convenience.  It’s a deliberate pressure mechanism.  Legitimate money has every reason […]

Holders of illicit or laundered funds have strong reasons to stay outside the formal system.   They do not want the scrutiny that comes with depositing large cash amounts…‘Where did you […]

Article: “THE PARLIAMENTARY FINANCE COMMITTEE PROPOSES PRINTING MONEY TO SECURE SALARIES INSTEAD OF RAISING THE EXCHANGE RATE”  This shows the political temperature around the salary bill is high. Some prefer the […]

The goal is clear.  Build an integrated digital financial system that relies on international standards, raise the efficiency of public money management, enhance transparency and improve government services to the […]

[Dropping zeros can] make the parallel informal market nervous.  Hypothetically if they readjust the value of the currency and they drop one zero…two zeros…three zeros it’s going to be painful for […]

The Development Road Project is not stopping…Some of the largest energy companies in the world are still in Iraq.  They’re still moving forward.  They’re signing contracts.  Why would they be doing […]

The dinar is going to be a commercially traded foreign currency for other countries…Chase Bank quietly shifts long-standing scam stance on the dinar. :Militia Man

To this day Chase…has no idea what is taking place.  They have no idea…You have to be very carful in what you get from them at the branch level in […]

Public data and the momentum we’re seeing support that a realistic REER adjustment based on actual fundamentals is in the cards — and likely more imminent than many realize.  This […]

Iraq has come a long way.  We all know that.  It’s not 2003 anymore.  It’s not 2016 anymore…The pieces are aligning in a way that supports the long game of […]

Zaidi quote:  “Iraqis realize the time has come to write a new chapter in Iraq’s relationship with the world and with its strategic partners based on integrations the global economic and […]

What’s happening in Washington right now is not a routine diplomatic trip.  The fact that the meetings are scheduled across a full 7 days already signals seriousness.  Most high-level visits of […]