More News, Rumors and Opinions Saturday PM 3-30-2024
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Clare: Ihsan Al-Shammari to Nina: This is the nature of the Prime Minister’s upcoming visit to Washington
3/30/2024
The head of the Center for Political Thinking, Ihsan Al-Shammari, professor of public policy at the University of Baghdad, explained the expected goal of the expected visit of Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, expected in the middle of next month, to Washington.
Al-Shammari said in a statement to the National Iraqi News Agency ( NINA ): “The Sudanese’s upcoming visit to Washington could be considered protocol, especially in terms of the timing of the visit, especially since it will be in the final months of President Joe Biden’s election campaign and his presence at the head of power in the United States of America.” ".
He added: “The visit’s features have been made clear for quite some time, and it will be limited to specific files, namely (the security issue, the Iranian file, and the presence of American forces in Iraq),” pointing out that: “Not all of these files may be resolved during the visit, given that the stage Transitional understandings could be subject to a new vision if the Republicans win the elections.”
Al-Shammari pointed out: “The Prime Minister will have difficulty discussing these files, especially since the United States of America refuses to talk about withdrawal from Iraq, and therefore the agreement between Iraq and the United States and a new chapter and a new role and survival of the American forces can be discussed.”
He pointed out: “The armed factions are divided in their opinion regarding the Sudanese visit to Washington. Some of them reject and the other support the completion of the American withdrawal talks from Iraq, and most of them do not trust the Americans and want a quick exit from Iraq.” LINK
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Clare: Government advisor: The 2024 budget tables focus on investment spending for new projects
3/30/2024 Baghdad - INA - Nassar Al-Hajj,
the financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Saleh, confirmed today, Saturday, that the 2024 budget tables focus on investment spending for new projects.
Saleh said to the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “The existing procedures for completing the public financial tables for the fiscal year 2024 in order to submit them to the legislative authority for approval and implementation immediately are only a response to the text contained in the Federal General Budget Law No. 13 of 2023 (the tripartite ) Which stipulated the submission of schedules of public expenditures and revenues adapted according to the new fiscal year and its objective circumstances for the year 2024 for legal approval.
He pointed out that "the most important thing in these tables is determining the levels of investment spending on new projects, which is fundamental and fundamental spending in the movement of the national economy, as it is directly linked to the development and growth of the economy by providing objective conditions for the movement of government demand for supplies and inputs for investment in projects."
“The demand for productive factors associated with government investment activity is essential in achieving the targeted level of growth in the annual gross domestic product and sustaining its momentum, in addition to its connection to the labor market and business and moving them in accordance with a climate required by the sustainability of the country’s economic development itself.”
Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani earlier confirmed the start of setting 2024 budget schedules. LINK
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Courtesy of Dinar Guru: https://www.dinarguru.com/
yada We are practically sitting on it, all things in Iraq are in place, markets are set to explode with the increased spending in Iraq, and the REER is about to be seen. Before 4-1-24
Militia Man The 15th of April, I'll tell you this, most likely what...Sudani, Alaq, all those folks in the Ministerial Council of Economics, they're working their tails off to make sure to make sure they're ready, if not done, well before Al-Sudani shows. Because if he's coming to town and he wants bargaining chips and I'm pretty sure a real effect exchange rate is going to be one of those bargaining chips.
From Recaps Archives:
DAZ: EXCHANGE THOUGHTS
MY GUT TELLS ME IT WILL GO MUCH DIFFERENTLY FOR MOST..THESE ARE BROAD GENERALIZED STATEMENTS OF GUIDANCE TO HELP MANY OF THOSE THAT REALLY HAVE NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE OR CONCEPT OF BUSINESS OR BANKING.
JUST BE NEAT AND LOOK LIKE YOU MEANT TO GET DRESSED TO MEET SOMEONE THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE A KIND AND FAVORABLE IMPRESSION OF YOU....ITS JUST A FIRST DATE...NOT THE WEDDING..
IM NOT EVEN GOING TO LET THE IDEA OF SOME "QUALIFYING" CLOUD MY EXPERIENCE OF THIS THING. THE QUICKEST, EASIEST WAY TO APPEAR OR BE PERCEIVED AS FEARFUL AND LACKING CONFIDENCE IS TO FEEL YOU ARE BEING JUDGED ON THOSE ATTRIBUTES.
WINNERS DONT DO THAT.
JUST BE A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF YOURSELF...NOT SOMEBODY ELSE...BE KIND, PUT A SMILE ON THE INSIDE...AND OUTSIDE. BE YOURSELF...BEING FAKE WONT GET YOU PAID ANY QUICKER OR BETTER IMO
REALLY FEEL THE SMILE ON THE INSIDE..VISUALIZE IT..PRACTICE IT NOW...IT REALLY DOES CHANGE THE ENERGY IN A MEETING....YOU'LL BE FINE.
I WOULD NOT VOLUNTEER TOO MANY DETAILS, IDEAS OR CONCEPTS GENERALLY,
ALL GREAT IDEAS ALWAYS FIND OPPOSITION. A NEUTRAL CONFIDENT STANCE MAY BE WISE. A FRIEND ONCE TOLD ME...."YOU DONT HAVE TO TELL EVERYBODY EVERYTHING YOU KNOW...AND ITS BETTER THAT YOU DONT".
THEY WOULD RATHER HEAR THAT YOU WANT THEM TO TELL "YOU" ABOUT ALL THE PLANS, POSSIBILITIES, STRUCTURES AND OPPORTUNITES THEY MAY PROVIDE. WM'S DONT WANT TO BE TOLD HOW TO DO THIER JOB OR HOW YOU WANT THEM TO DO IT.
ULTIMATELY THEY TRULY JUST WANT YOU TO HAND THEM THE MONEY TO PLUG INTO THEIR EXISTING SYSTEM. ...THATS THE WAY THEY ARE TRAINED AND WHAT THEY ARE GENERALLY USED TO....AND THATS JUST THE REALITY OF THE THING
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WE WILL BE CALM, CONFIDENT AND SMILING...THEY WILL BE TIRED, DISORIENTED AND ANXIOUS...SURELY WE CAN MEET IN THE MIDDLE SOMEWHERE.
MAYBE A SIMPLE BUT SOMEWHAT AMBIGUOUS REPLY UPON THEIR INQUIRY MAY BE BEST...
"I PLAN TO MAKE MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE AND THEN I WANT TO LEARN HOW TO PROTECT AND GROW MY MONEY FOR GENERATIONS...AND I NEED SOME HELP WITH THAT."
THAT WILL PUSH ALL THE NECESSARY BUTTONS.
AND REMEMBER....IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND, ASK, IF YOU DONT GET AN ANSWER YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, ASK SOMEBODY ELSE AND,......IF IT DONT FEEL RIGHT...DONT DO IT
Sample Script:
HELLO MR. BANKER, I HAVE IRAQ DINAR, VIETNAM DONG AND ZIMBABWE CURRENCY. I WOULD LIKE TO EXCHANGE...CAN WE DISCUSS THE MOST FAVORABLE RATES AND TERMS, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, AVAILABLE FOR EACH?
WELL MR BANKER.....I RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION IN THE PAST THAT THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE RATE AVAILABLE DEPENDING ON HOW WE EXECUTED THIS EXCHANGE.
IF THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS BESIDE AN EXCHANGE AT THE INTERNATIONAL RATE, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE THOSE TERMS AND REQUIREMENTS IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU OR ANY AT THIS BANK.
BE RELAXED, CONFIDENT, FRIENDLY AND PURPOSEFUL
EASY, SIMPLE, HONEST, INFORMED AND DIRECT