IQD CALLS Chat Early Friday 4-3-20
IQD CALLS Chat Early Friday 4-3-20
Chattels After the virus crisis subsides, can we finally build a sustainable future? https://www.rudaw.net/english/world/coronavirus-climate-health-opinion-020420201
chattels As policymakers take steps to ensure immediate relief and long-term recovery, it is imperative that they consider the interrelated crises of wealth inequality, racism, and ecological decline - namely the climate crisis .....
chattels Al-Zarfi emphasizes the importance of revitalizing the banking sector and moving the circulating cash block
Friday 03, April 2020 https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=821554
chattels Thursday, April 2, 2020 Violence Drops In Iraq In March 2020 https://twitter.com/JoelWing2
chattels Violence dropped in Iraq perhaps because of the coronavirus outbreak. The Islamic State for instance, initially said that its fighters should not travel to different areas during the pandemic. Whatever the case might be there were far fewer incidents likely carried out by the group. Pro-Iran Hashd forces however increased their attacks on U.S. forces and personnel in March.
chattels Looming Challenges for Iraq’s New Government https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/81443
chattels KIRK H. SOWELL
Iraq’s new Prime Minister-designate Adnan al-Zurfi faces opposition amid a political, fiscal, and, now, global pandemic crisis.
chattels Zurfi : His political views are closer to President Salih’s than any of the previous nominees. As governor of Najaf for nearly seven years over three terms, Zurfi promoted a political vision based on encouraging economic ties with the industrialized West while sidelining Iran-backed militia factions.
He is not only perceived as pro-American on military issues but is an American citizen himself, having lived in the United States before 2003. Precisely for this reason, the main opposition to him has come from the Iran-aligned factions and Shia factions independent of Iran.
chattels The Iraqi government’s lack of reserves and modest non-oil revenue means it would default quickly were it not for its ability to borrow from the Central Bank’s hard currency reserves. These reserves—while significant at over $80 billion due to oil sales—are not infinite. Baghdad needs oil prices to reach $60 to 65 per barrel to keep state institutions running with no capital investment.
chattels Based on publicly-disclosed figures available funds, in a worst-case scenario with oil prices remaining under $30 per barrel, Baghdad could be insolvent within 12 months.1 If oil prices gradually rise this year and average around $50 next year, it could stretch available funds through 2021. However, by then, the country would have gone several years with no meaningful development, ......................
chattels It is not yet clear whether Zurfi will be able to form a government or not, but if he does, it will be tasked with a multitude of hurdles. The newly-formed government will lack a working majority in parliament, face both a fiscal collapse and a likely health crisis, and need to navigate a hostile and well-armed Iranian-backed opposition.
Even more, the government will need to deliver its mandate to bring out early elections as protesters have demanded. With the COVID-19 pandemic serving as a good reason not to hold votes, the new elections will probably be the easiest of these challenges to dismiss. Managing fiscal, political, security and health crises all at once will be the Zurfi government’s real test.
chattels Iraq’s foreign debt is relatively low, but the greater threat to Iraq comes from what one might call “internal default.” Iraqi society is deeply dependent upon direct salaried employment, pensions and other payments, including the social security system and the state food aid system which both subsidizes the agriculture industry and provides nutrition aid. Were the state to default on these internal payments, much of Iraq’s population would go hungry.
chattels Iraq’s health system was already overwhelmed when the epidemic started, and it lacks testing capacity to estimate the outbreak’s reach in the country.
Doug_W Baxter try TO PROPHACISE and tell em what are U gonna be like in 28 more days lol
Baxter its gonna get a lot worse
Doug_W lol
Baxter just think of the tax money the states are losing in lost sales
Baxter think of the sales tax on cars that isnt happening
Doug_W and fuel
Baxter seen a political ad on TV...... Nope
3 Apr 20, 09:09 AM Baxter I have hardly even seen a car ad on tv
Baxter Chattels.. did you see Kaps comment on guru
Baxter about the auctions
Doug_W bring it in here Baxter
Baxter 4-3-2020 Newshound Guru Kaperoni ...the CBI has stopped the distribution of dollars through the auctions for the time being due to the economic conditions. As well the CBI has made a statement requesting banks return excess dollars to the CBI. This is necessary to support the dinar during these difficult financial times. In no way is it any indication of any RV/RI...
Baxter He is probably correct.............. again
Xyz More than Iraq population ---- 38.27 million (2017) https://www.google.com/search?q=iraq+population&;
Dave Wow.....10 States yet to shut down.....Wonder what they are waiting for?
xyz Dave GO FIGURE ...asymptomatic showing no evidence of disease.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who resisted strict coronavirus measures, says he just learned it transmits asymptomatically https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/02/georgia-gov-brian-kemp-who-resisted-strict-coronavirus-measures-says-he-just-learned-it-transmitted-asymptomatically/
Dave Alittle Slow on the Uptake then....?
Patty Dave About as slow as Washington's governor...but once he caught onto the problem, he closed things down, and now until May 4th.
xyz Dave Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases on January 31st 2020 ...
'There's no doubt': Top US infectious disease doctor says Wuhan coronavirus can spread even when people have no symptoms https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/31/health/coronavirus-asymptomatic-spread-study/index.html
xyz I know I know it's not cited from foxnews :popcorn
xyz But Z listened with 2 ears
Dave yeah...seems you poor folks are getting mixed media reports?
xyz Georgia governor says he only just learned coronavirus carriers can be asymptomatic
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/georgia-governor-coronavirus-asymptomatic
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Wednesday that he had just learned this week that the coronavirus can be contagious before people are showing symptoms, citing that fact as part of the reason why he ordered a more strict shelter-in-place order for his state after previously balking on doing so -- yet the White House had said so as early as Jan. 31.
xyz Unfortunately some of us see this from partisan political view which is disturbing -- this is from both sides
Dave partisan political views over science........call it Political Science?
xyz Coronavirus careless if you are a partisan political guru ... it will eat anyone
Dave just wash your hands
Dave Some of these Governors should get busted for Genocide? Thats is what Canadian media is insinuating .......News from the States is causing us folks in hunker down more so..to