“Iraq News” Posted by Tishwash at TNT 4-12-2026

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Tishwash:  The Prime Minister congratulates Nizar Amidi on his election as President of the Republic.

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani congratulated Nizar Amidi on Saturday on his election as President of the Republic.

In a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), the Prime Minister said: “We extend our sincere congratulations to Nizar Mohammed Saeed Amidi on his election as President of the Republic by the Council of Representatives.

This important step strengthens the ongoing democratic process in our beloved country and completes the constitutional path, as well as embodying the great respect for the will of our people, which they expressed through their distinguished participation in the recent parliamentary elections.

He added, "With the completion of this national milestone, we now await the crucial step of forming a strong coalition government, grounded in national and constitutional principles. This government will build upon our work in development and urban renewal, solidify Iraq's international standing, and strengthen its foreign relations.

It will also address internal challenges, including extending state authority, consolidating the capabilities of our armed forces in all their branches to enforce the law and maintain a monopoly on the use of force, ensuring that security is not jeopardized, and safeguarding Iraq's sovereignty and supreme interests, in addition to addressing economic challenges."

He continued, "On this occasion, we express our profound gratitude to the Speaker of Parliament, the members of Parliament, and all national political forces who contributed to achieving this important accomplishment." He also expressed "our appreciation for the role of the Supreme Judicial Council and its commitment to supporting the fulfillment of constitutional obligations, as well as its emphasis on the importance of respecting the timelines stipulated by the Constitution." link

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Tishwash:  The President of the Republic: I assure you that we will work on the principle of "Iraq First".

 President-elect Nizar Amidi affirmed on Saturday his commitment to the principle of "Iraq First," while condemning the attacks targeting Iraq.

In a speech before the Council of Representatives, which was monitored by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), the President stated, "My appointment is a great responsibility," explaining that he "appreciates the magnitude of the challenges facing our country."

He added, "I affirm my commitment to working with the executive, legislative, and judicial authorities," noting that "we support efforts to end the war."

The President condemned the attacks targeting Iraq, indicating that he "will work to defend the interests of the Iraqi people."

He emphasized that "our country faces complex problems in several areas," stating, "I assure you that we will work according to the principle of 'Iraq First.'"  link

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Tishwash:  Parliament requires the largest bloc to name the prime minister within 15 days

Speaker of Parliament Haibat al-Halbousi called on the largest parliamentary bloc on Saturday to nominate its candidate for prime minister within 15 days, stressing that the constitution obligates the president and the largest bloc to complete this process within the specified timeframe.

Speaking after the presidential election, al-Halbousi said, "The country is going through a difficult and exceptional period, and we must all bear the legal and legitimate responsibility to guide the country to safety." He added, "The second step has been completed with the election of the president."

He further stated that "the president and the parliamentary bloc that was presented in the first session, and which is the largest bloc, are obligated, according to Article 76 of the constitution, to present their candidate within a maximum period of 15 days." He noted that "parliament will monitor the completion of this period in accordance with the constitution and the law."

He explained that "the country is experiencing a difficult economic situation, and a caretaker government is not permitted, according to the constitution, to proceed with any financial, economic, or reform measures." He emphasized the necessity of "expediting the formation of the government because people's livelihoods depend on it."

For his part, outgoing Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani congratulated Nizar Mohammed Saeed Amidi on his election as President of the Republic, affirming that "this step strengthens the democratic process and completes the constitutional path."

Al-Sudani added that "the next phase requires fulfilling the crucial requirement of forming a strong coalition government within the framework of national and constitutional principles," noting the importance of "continuing the development process, strengthening foreign relations, and confronting security and economic challenges."

He  expressed his gratitude to the Speaker of Parliament, its members, and the political forces that contributed to achieving this milestone, and commended the role of the Supreme Judicial Council in supporting the fulfillment of the constitutional deadlines.

The Iraqi Parliament elected Nizar Amidi, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's candidate, as the new President of the Republic on Saturday evening, April 11.

After the new Iraqi President took the oath, Parliament adjourned the session.  link

Tishwash:  A surprising condition in the coordination framework excludes Maliki and Sudani from the premiership.

The Coordination Framework is holding intensive meetings to finalize the nomination of a candidate for the new Iraqi prime minister.

According to information provided by a leader within the coalition, the withdrawal of Nouri al-Maliki and Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is a prerequisite for agreeing on a new candidate, with Basim al-Badri considered the frontrunner for the position.

On Saturday, April 11, 2026, Abdul Rahman al-Jazaeri, a leader in the Coordination Framework, told Kurdistan 24 that the framework has been meeting since 2:00 PM to discuss the candidate for the position of Prime Minister of Iraq, and another meeting is scheduled for 7:00 PM to finalize this matter.

Al-Jazairi indicated that the key to a decisive outcome lies in the withdrawal of both Nouri al-Maliki and Mohammed Shia al-Sudani from the race. He added, "Haider al-Abadi, Hamid al-Shatri, and Basim al-Badri are all candidates for the position, but Basim al-Badri has the strongest chance of winning."

In the same context, Yasser Talal, a member of the media team of Nouri al-Maliki’s office, wrote on his personal Facebook account: “On my responsibility, al-Sudani’s dream of a second term is over, and Nouri al-Maliki is still a candidate for the position of Prime Minister until now.”

Talal added: "Iraq will have a new prime minister, and the coordinating framework has agreed to move forward with the constitutional requirements."

It is worth noting that the Iraqi parliament has elected a new president for the republic, and according to constitutional procedures, the president has 15 days to assign a person to form the new government cabinet.  link

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Clare: The House of Representatives elects Nizar Ami as President of the Republic

Representatives elected the candidate of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Party, Nizar Amidi, as the new president of the republic.

Nizar Amedi, a candidate from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), was elected President of Iraq on Saturday after securing a decisive 227 votes in the second round of parliamentary voting.

The vote, held on Saturday, saw Amedi defeat his rival Muthanna Amin, who garnered just 15 votes in the runoff. The session marked the culmination of two rounds of voting in Iraq’s parliament, where lawmakers ultimately delivered a clear majority in favor of the PUK candidate.

Amedi, whose full name is Nizar Mohammed Saeed Mohammed, was born in 1968 in the Amedi district of Duhok province. He is married with four children and holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Mosul.

A long-standing member of the PUK’s political bureau, Amedi has held several senior roles over the past decades.

Amidi was sworn in before parliament as a new president, while Halbousi stressed that the largest bloc must present its candidate to form the government within 15 days.

Clare: Al-Badri is a compromise candidate within the coordination framework of the Prime Minister's office.

4/11/2026

 A political source revealed on Saturday that Basim al-Badri is considered a compromise candidate within the coordination framework for the position of the next Iraqi Prime Minister, at a time when the leaders of the framework are preparing to hold a meeting soon to officially decide on the candidate’s name.

Amer Al-Fayez, a leader in the Coordination Framework and head of the "Design" parliamentary bloc, told Shafaq News Agency that "the Coordination Framework will hold a meeting in the next few days to officially select a candidate for the position of Prime Minister," indicating that "there are many names nominated for this position, but there is no agreement on selecting one of the candidates."

For its part, a source told Shafaq News Agency that there is an "agreement between the leaders of the Coordination Framework to nominate a figure for the position of Prime Minister by consensus between the Reconstruction and Development Coalition and the State of Law Coalition."

The source added that "Basem Al-Badri is one of the candidates currently and his name will be put forward at the next meeting of the Coordination Framework," noting that "he has a higher chance as a compromise candidate within the framework."

He explained that Al-Badri holds the position of head of the Accountability and Justice Commission and belongs to the Dawa Party - Iraq Organization, and has connections inside and outside Iraq, noting that Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, the former Deputy Speaker of Parliament, is also among the names being considered for the position.

This comes after the Speaker of Parliament called on the largest parliamentary bloc to nominate its candidate for Prime Minister within a maximum period of 15 days, based on Article 76 of the Constitution, following the election of the President of the Republic.   LINK

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Frank26   [Reference Clare's Trump post ]  What do you think [Trump] means by "Reset"?  ...Global Currency Reset?  IMO I just don't see all the currencies on the plant Earth falling at once.  You know how devastating that would be for the global financial world?  ...I believe in a 'partial currency reset'...because I see the evidence of that...Which currencies then if it's partial?The one Donald Trump has told you did very good...It's very obvious, the Iraqi dinar.  That's the Lynch pin.  That's the first domino, that's the head of the spear.  Then there are other currencies that are working with Donald Trump, that are working to bring peace in the Middle East...Those currencies of those nations, I put my money on them.  That's how you repay loyalty.

Mnt Goat   Article:  "4 REASONS BEHIND THE STABILITY OF EXCHANGE RATES IN IRAQ"   ...We all know the  reinstatement timing depends on STABILITY and SECURITY. So, is Iraq economically stable... Yes, Salih surely confirmed on Thursday that Iraq is economically stable even in the midst of the Iranian conflict and all the turbulance in the middle east these days.  This news is telling us yet more signs that they can make it through a disaster by having a stable economy, something that the CBI, US and IMF demand that have prior to the reinstatement of the dinar.  This was wonderful news for us today!

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US Debt Nears $40 TRILLION Black Hole — Day of Reckoning Has Arrived, Protect Your Wealth NOW

Daniela Cambone:  4-12-2026

"We are headed towards a debt black hole, or maybe we are already deep in it." Greg Weldon warns that the U.S. is trapped in a cycle where printing more money is the only perceived escape

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL6q2CyVHPM

Iraq Economic News And Points To Ponder Sunday Morning 4-12-26

Iraq Elects Nizar Amedi As President

2026-04-11 Shafaq News- Baghdad   Iraq’s Parliament elected Nizar Amedi as president on Saturday, following a second round of voting in which he secured the required majority. 

The vote came after no candidate reached the two-thirds threshold (220 out of 329 lawmakers) in the first round, sending the process to a runoff under constitutional rules requiring half-plus-one, or 165 votes.

Amedi, a candidate of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), had led the first round with 208 votes, advancing to the second round alongside independent candidate Muthanna Amin. 

Parliament announced the result after completing the vote-counting process for the second round, in which 249 lawmakers participated.  This is a breaking story…  https://www.shafaq.com/en/Iraq/Iraq-elects-Nizar-Amedi-president

Iraq Elects Nizar Amedi President

2026-04-11 Shafaq News- Baghdad    Iraq’s Parliament elected Nizar Amedi as president on Saturday, following a second round of voting in which he secured 227 votes.

 The vote came after no candidate reached the two-thirds threshold(220 out of 329 lawmakers)in the first round, sending the process to a runoff under constitutional rules requiring half-plus-one, or 165 votes.

 Parliament announced the result after completing the vote-counting process for the second round, in which 249 lawmakers participated.

 Amedi, a candidate of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), had led the first round with 208 votes, advancing alongside independent candidate Muthanna Amin. With his victory, he becomes Iraq’s sixth president since 2003, following the fall of the Baath Party regime led by former president Saddam Hussein.

Who is Nizar Amedi?

 Amedi is a senior PUK party leader and former Iraqi environment minister. He resigned from his ministerial post in 2024 to focus on political and party work. He currently heads the PUK’s political bureau in Baghdad and is a member of the State Administration Coalition. Amedi holds a degree in mechanical engineering and has played a growing role in the PUK’s federal-level strategy.

 He previously served as chief of staff to the current President Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid in 2022, and held the same post under former President Barham Salih between 2018 and 2022. He also acted as the president’s representative to the Council of Ministers. 

Earlier in his career, Amedi headed the office of former President Fuad Masum from 2014 to 2018, and served as chief of staff to the late President Jalal Talabani between 2008 and 2014. From 2005 to 2008, he worked as Talabani’s personal secretary, placing him among a small circle of officials with long-standing institutional experience at the heart of Iraq’s presidency. 

This is a breaking story…https://www.shafaq.com/en/Iraq/Iraq-elects-Nizar-Amedi-president

Iraq's Presidential Vote Was A Coalition Rehearsal —And The Premiership Battle Has Already Begun

2026-04-11 Shafaq News    Nizar Amedi's election as Iraq's sixth president on April 11 settled one constitutional question and opened a harder one. The 227 out of 329 votes that carried him to the Palace of Peace were a cross-sectarian coalition demonstrating, in public and on the record, that it has the numbers to claim the premiership. The blocs that boycotted read the session the same way, and Iraq's next political battle began the moment the vote was counted. 

Under Iraq's post-2003 constitutional architecture, the presidency is a gatekeeper rather than a seat of power. Its occupant holds limited executive authority but performs a pivotal function: once elected, the president formally tasks the largest parliamentary bloc with nominating a prime minister —the Shiite figure who will actually govern.

Therefore, the real prize in Saturday's session was the political signal embedded in who showed up, who stayed away, and what that alignment portends for the premiership contest now formally underway. 

The Man and the Moment

Amedi, born in Al-Amediya in the northern province of Duhok in 1968, is a figure whose career has been built inside Iraq's presidential institution rather than above it. A mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Mosul, he served as chief of staff to three consecutive presidents —the late Jalal Talabani, Fuad Masum, and Barham Salih— before heading the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's (PUK) political bureau in Baghdad.

He later served as environment minister before resigning in 2024 to focus on party work. His profile is that of an institutional insider: a man who knows how the presidency is operated from within, who has navigated its relationships with Baghdad and Erbil across multiple administrations, and who carries no political weight heavy enough to threaten the factions that backed him. 

That profile was precisely what made him viable. In a political moment defined by competing ambitions and external pressure, Amedi's election represented a lowest-common-denominator consensus —not the most powerful candidate available, but the most acceptable one to a coalition with incompatible objectives. Iraq's post-2003 tradition reserves the presidency for a Kurdish figure, most often from the PUK. That convention was held on Saturday. What did not hold was any illusion that the presidency resolved the deeper impasse. 

The Coalition That Voted —and What It Was

The 227 votes that secured Amedi's election in the second round did not emerge from a unified political project. They were assembled from blocs whose common ground begins and ends with opposition —even implicit opposition— to the candidacy of former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, formally nominated by the Shiite Coordination Framework —Iraq's largest parliamentary bloc— for the premiership in January 2026. 

The attending coalition spans Iraq's three main political communities. On the Shiite side, al-Sudani's Reconstruction and Development coalition, which won 46 seats in November's elections, formally endorsed al-Maliki as the Framework's nominee while simultaneously positioning al-Sudani for a second term— a dual track that Saturday's session brought into the open.

The Sadiqoun movement —political wing of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, an Iran-aligned paramilitary force— contributed 27 seats, with Ammar al-Hakim's al-Hikma Movement and Hadi al-Amiri's Badr Organization adding 18 seats each. On the Sunni side, Mohammed al-Halbousi's Taqadum party delivered 33 seats. The PUK's 15 seats completed the Kurdish share. 

The composition matters because it is cross-sectarian on both sides of the divide. The blocs that attended were not a Shiite majority forcing a Kurdish figurehead through —they were a Shiite-Kurdish-Sunni coalition operating against a Shiite-Kurdish-Sunni opposition. 

The old analytical shorthand that frames Iraq's political deadlocks as sectarian collisions does not apply here. Both camps carry multi-ethnic credentials. What separates them is competing calculations about who controls the next government.

 The blocs that stayed away delivered an equally clear message. Al-Maliki's State of Law coalition, holding 29 seats, boycotted the session outright —a refusal to participate in a political exercise from which it had been effectively excluded.

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), the largest Kurdish bloc in parliament with 26 seats, also stayed away, having demanded that its own candidate, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, be installed in the presidency race. The al-Azm Alliance, a Sunni bloc with 17 seats that had publicly declared its support for al-Maliki's premiership bid in January, joined the boycott as well. 

The al-Azm Alliance's position contains an internal contradiction worth flagging. Its lawmakers had previously declared al-Maliki "the best option for Sunnis before Shiites at this stage," yet boycotted a session whose outcome —if it produced a functioning government coalition— would marginalize precisely that candidacy. The boycott was a refusal to lend legitimacy to a coalition-building exercise conducted on terms set by its rivals. 

Raad al-Dahlaki, an Al-Azm Alliance parliamentarian, told Shafaq News that the obstruction of the presidential session had nothing to do with Kurdish disagreements and everything to do with "political conflicts among blocs" over the premiership. His framing confirmed that the session's presidential vote was a proxy battlefield for a premiership contest that had been building since January.

The Framework's Fracture —and the Constitutional Bind It Creates

The Shiite Coordination Framework, which holds about 185 of parliament's 329 seats, remains constitutionally positioned as the body Iraq's new president must task with nominating a prime minister.

That designation has not changed. What has changed is that a significant portion of the Framework's own membership has now participated in a political exercise that directly challenges the nomination the Framework formally issued in January. 

The Framework nominated al-Maliki on January 24, but Al-Hakim and Al-Khazali expressed reservations privately, Al-Ameri's Badr Organization voiced hesitation, and Al-Sudani's camp endorsed al-Maliki, but quietly floated alternative names, including parliamentary bloc leader Bahaa al-Araji. None of these objections were formalized publicly —the Framework maintained surface cohesion while fracturing beneath it. 

The April 11 session ended that pretense, and the Framework is now split between the blocs that participated in Saturday's coalition and those that did not, and it is formally being tasked with a premiership nomination that the blocs cannot agree on. 

CF member Abu Mithaq al-Masari told Shafaq News that even if Amedi formally tasks al-Maliki with forming a government, securing parliamentary confidence would not be automatic, warning that political legitimacy requires broad consensus rather than numerical advantage alone. "The government will not pass if it fails to secure agreement," he said. 

A source close to Sunni political forces echoed the warning, telling Shafaq News that if the prime minister-designate fails to win support across parliamentary blocs, the constitutional deadline could expire without a confidence vote, forcing a political reset. 

External Veto and the al-Maliki Equation

Al-Maliki's candidacy has been shaped as much by external as by internal opposition. Washington formally conveyed its objections through US envoy Tom Barrack during a visit to Baghdad, and President Donald Trump publicly criticized al-Maliki's 2006–2014 tenure —a period marked by the sectarian consolidation of state institutions and the eventual collapse of Iraqi security forces before ISIS in 2014. A US State Department spokesperson told Shafaq News that during that tenure, Iraq "descended into poverty and total chaos." 

Iran, whose influence over Iraq's Shiite political landscape runs deep, has a more ambiguous position. Tehran views al-Maliki as a known quantity whose earlier tenure, despite its failures, maintained Iraq's alignment with Iranian regional interests.

But Iranian-aligned factions within the Framework, including Sadiqoun and elements of Badr, participated in the coalition that voted for Amedi, suggesting that Tehran's preference for al-Maliki is neither unconditional nor capable of overriding the internal arithmetic of its Iraqi partners. 

The Framework has publicly insisted the premiership is "a purely Iraqi matter" and that external pressure will not determine its nominee. Whether that position holds as US pressure intensifies and the coalition assembled on April 11 consolidates around an alternative candidate will define the next phase of negotiations. 

What Cannot Be Deferred?

Amedi now faces the constitutional sequence that his election triggered: The Framework formally tasked by the Parliament Speaker to nominate a prime minister within 15 days, then, after approval, the new premier has 30 days to present a cabinet and secure a parliamentary confidence vote.

In practice, that timeline has never been met in Iraq's post-2003 history. The more immediate political reality is that the Framework's two factions —those who voted on Saturday and those who boycotted— must either reconcile around a single nominee or one side must prevail. 

The attending coalition controls approximately 155 to 160 seats. The boycotting coalition controls approximately 110 to 115 —precisely the blocking third that, under the Federal Supreme Court's 2022 quorum ruling, can deny a confidence vote if it holds together. 

Al-Maliki's camp has demonstrated both the will and the arithmetic to do so. The coalition that elected Amedi has demonstrated the same capacity in reverse. Iraq's government formation process has entered a phase in which neither side can govern without the other, and neither side has yet offered the other a reason to concede. 

The country at the center of these negotiations cannot afford to wait. Iraq's caretaker government —legally barred from passing budgets, signing major contracts, or approving structural spending— is responsible for the salaries, pensions, and welfare payments of more than nine million people. More than eight billion dollars in infrastructure contracts sit frozen. The political class has produced a system in which the costs of deadlock fall on citizens and the incentives for resolution fall on no one. 

Amedi enters the presidency understanding its limits better than almost anyone in Baghdad. Seventeen years inside the institution taught him how it is managed. The harder lesson —how to use it to break a deadlock whose architecture benefits the very forces he must now negotiate with— has no precedent in Iraq's post-2003 record to draw from.

Written and edited by Shafaq News staff.

https://www.shafaq.com/en/Report/Iraq-s-Presidential-vote-was-a-coalition-rehearsal-and-the-premiership-battle-has-already-begun

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Basim Al-Badri CF's Compromise Candidate For Iraq’s Prime Minister

2026-04-11    Shafaq News- Baghdad

 Basim al-Badri has emerged as a leading compromise candidate within the Shiite Coordination Framework (CF) for Iraq's next prime minister, Amer al-Fayez, a CF leader and head of the Tasmim parliamentary bloc, told Shafaq News Saturday.

 A separate source told Shafaq News that the Reconstruction and Development Coalition, headed by caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, and the State of Law Coalition, headed by former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, had reached an understanding to back a consensus figure, with al-Badri's name set to be tabled at the upcoming meeting. "He has higher chances as a settlement candidate inside the Framework," the source said.

 Al-Badri heads the Accountability and Justice Commission and is a member of the Islamic Dawa Party, led by al-Maliki, with connections inside and outside the country. (Iran) Former Deputy Parliament Speaker Mohsen al-Mandalawi was also named as a competing candidate still in the running.

 Parliament Speaker Haibet al-Halbousi has called on the largest parliamentary bloc to name its prime ministerial candidate within 15 days under Article 76 of the constitution, following Saturday's election of Nizar Amedi as President.

https://www.shafaq.com/en/Iraq/Basim-al-Badri-CF-s-compromise-candidate-for-Iraq-s-Prime-Minister

Seeds of Wisdom RV and Economics Updates Sunday Morning 4-12-26

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Oil Shock Reverberates, Capital Flight Risks Rise, and Central Banks Face Policy Trap

Fresh global developments show energy instability, fragile capital flows, and limited policy options converging at a critical moment 

Overview

In the last 24 hours, new developments highlight a global financial system under mounting strain from multiple directions. Energy markets remain volatile, emerging markets face rising capital flight risks, and central banks are increasingly constrained in how they respond.

This convergence points to a system where traditional tools are losing effectiveness, increasing the likelihood of structural financial change rather than cyclical adjustment.

Key Developments

1. Oil Market Instability Continues to Ripple Across Global Economy
Oil prices remain highly sensitive following recent disruptions, with markets reacting to fragile ceasefire conditions and supply uncertainty.

• Prices surged sharply, briefly pushing toward $100 per barrel levels

• Ongoing concerns about key shipping routes like the Strait of Hormuz

• Energy volatility feeding directly into inflation and growth concerns

Why it matters: Energy shocks act as a system-wide multiplier, impacting inflation, trade costs, and central bank policy simultaneously.

2. IMF Warns of Capital Flight and Financial Instability in Emerging Markets
New warnings highlight that emerging economies are increasingly exposed to rapid capital outflows and financial shocks.

• Heavy reliance on non-bank lenders and hedge fund capital

• Risk of sudden withdrawals triggering currency declines

• Growing exposure to private credit and opaque financing structures

Why it matters: These markets are often the first to destabilize in global financial shifts, acting as early indicators of broader systemic stress.

3. Central Banks Face a Policy Trap Between Inflation and Growth
Policymakers are increasingly constrained as inflation risks remain elevated while growth slows.

• Oil-driven inflation complicates rate-cut decisions

• Higher energy costs reduce consumer purchasing power

• Risk of simultaneous inflation and economic slowdown (stagflation dynamics)

Why it matters: Central banks are losing flexibility, signaling a shift toward a system where policy can no longer easily stabilize markets.

Why It Matters

These developments are deeply interconnected and signal structural pressure building across the system:

• Energy shocks driving persistent inflation volatility

• Capital flows becoming unstable and reactive

• Emerging markets acting as pressure points

• Monetary policy tools reaching practical limits

This combination reflects a system transitioning away from centralized stability toward fragmented and reactive financial conditions.

Why It Matters to Foreign Currency Holders

• Capital flight risks may trigger sharp currency devaluations in vulnerable regions

• Energy-driven inflation can reshape global purchasing power dynamics

• Policy limitations increase the likelihood of alternative monetary frameworks emerging

• Volatility creates both risk and opportunity across currency markets

Implications for the Global Reset

• Pillar 1: Capital Flow Instability

As investment becomes more volatile, the system shifts away from stable long-term capital allocation toward short-term, reactive flows.

• Pillar 2: Policy Constraint & Stagflation Risk

Central banks facing simultaneous inflation and slowing growth signals a structural imbalance requiring new solutions beyond traditional tools.

Closing Perspective

The global system is no longer operating under stable conditions—it is reacting to overlapping shocks.

When energy volatility, capital instability, and policy constraints align, the result is not just uncertainty—it is systemic transition.

This is not just economic pressure — it’s the framework of global finance being tested in real time.

Seeds of Wisdom Team
Newshounds News™ Exclusive

Sources

• Oil rises and global markets react to fragile ceasefire and supply concerns – The Guardian

• IMF warns emerging markets face capital flight risks from hedge fund exposure – The Guardian

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Dr. Scott Young: Which Debts are Forgiven and Why?

Dr. Scott Young: Which Debts are Forgiven and Why?

4-11-2026

In the current economic climate, the word “debt” carries a heavy weight for millions of Americans. From the skyrocketing national deficit to the personal burden of mortgages and credit cards, the financial system feels increasingly strained. But what if the very foundation of this debt is built on a house of cards?

In a recent deep-dive presentation, Dr. Scott Young explores a provocative and transformative concept: the total elimination of debt through a systemic overhaul of our financial institutions.

By examining the transition away from fiat currency and the potential “ending of the Federal Reserve,” Dr. Scott opens a window into a future that looks vastly different for the average taxpayer.

The conversation begins with the “End the Fed” movement. Dr. Scott explains that our current system is built on fiat currency—money that isn’t backed by a physical commodity like gold, but rather by government decree. This system has allowed the federal debt to balloon to a staggering $39 trillion.

However, Dr. Scott suggests that ending the Federal Reserve wouldn’t just be a policy change; it would be a financial reset.

Transitioning to a gold-backed currency could effectively wipe the slate clean regarding federal obligations, but the implications go far deeper than just government ledgers.

While the national debt gets the most headlines, Dr. Scott points to a much larger figure: the $106 trillion in private debt held by citizens. This includes everything from the roofs over our heads to the cars we drive and the credit cards in our wallets.

He poses a challenging question: If the system itself is restructured, what happens to these individual burdens? To answer this, he digs into the legal mechanics of how loans are actually formed.

One of the most intriguing points Dr. Scott raises is the legality of modern loan agreements. Have you ever noticed that when you sign a mortgage or a car loan, your signature is required, but a representative from the bank rarely—if ever—signs the document in your presence?

Dr. Scott questions the binding nature of these “unilateral” contracts. He highlights a fundamental imbalance:

Borrowers are held to the strictest legal standards to repay every cent plus interest.

Banks, meanwhile, frequently avoid their own debt obligations through government-funded bailouts, tax write-offs, and sophisticated accounting maneuvers.

This “double standard” is not just a financial frustration; according to Dr. Scott, it may be the catalyst for a massive legal and economic shift.

For decades, the phrase “too big to fail” has been used to justify saving massive financial institutions with taxpayer money. Dr. Scott suggests that the pendulum may finally be swinging back.

He posits that we are approaching a moment of “debt jubilee”—a period where the same grace and relief extended to banks might finally be extended to the American citizen. Whether through a transition to a new currency system or a legal re-evaluation of loan validity, the goal is a return to financial sovereignty for the individual.

The ideas presented by Dr. Scott Young are a radical departure from “business as usual,” but they offer a glimmer of hope for those feeling crushed by an aging financial system. As the global economy teeters on the edge of significant change, understanding the origins and the potential end of our debt-based society is more important than ever.

Watch the full video from Dr. Scott Young here for further insights and information.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh--XtGbsQY

Ariel: We Seem to be in the Last Stretch of this Operation (and more)

Ariel: We Seem to be in the Last Stretch of this Operation

4-11-2026

Sitrep – April 10, 2026: The Wildcard Accelerant Is Live. Sovereign Inversion in Motion.

XRP/Ripple, Iraq Dinar, Venezuela/Iran Openings, and the Bridge Function

Ripple leadership has positioned XRP as the practical liquidity bridge eating into SWIFT’s dominance for cross-border settlement. For Iraqi Dinar holders, this creates the neutral corridor once market structure solidifies and ISO 20022-compliant systems activate

Iraq’s banking upgrades were preparatory. Venezuela’s recent Forex adjustments signal parallel sovereign realignment post-political reset, reopening commodity flows.

Iran’s potential market opening (under new leadership pragmatism) follows the same pattern: escape adversarial debt/energy traps and plug into auditable multipolar flows.

The July-August Dinar window I referenced earlier was a conservative baseline based on layered infrastructure rollout (Basel III calibrations, SOFR transitions, COMEX-adjacent rules). The wildcard Hormuz enforcement, accelerated Iran talks, and banking urgency compresses exposure.

When energy chokepoints stabilize or are forced open, trapped liquidity in suppressed currencies can reroute faster via bridge assets. XRP doesn’t “take over” SWIFT messaging outright; it becomes the settlement layer that renders slow, opaque correspondent banking obsolete. This is the disentanglement mechanism: nations shed perpetual vassalage without collapsing into chaos.

US Treasury Dollar Signal and Symbolic Power Shift

Trump’s signature appearing on new paper currency (first $100 bills in June, tied to 250th anniversary around July 4) marks a deliberate break with 165-year tradition. It’s not mere branding. It signals domestic reinforcement of the dollar’s reserve role while the underlying rails evolve tokenized compliance, reduced offshore a---e layers, and gold-standard undertones (“whoever holds the gold makes the rules”).

This dovetails with the “World’s Most Powerful Reset” phrasing: not rhetoric, but a shift in capital flows, risk pricing, energy policy, and power structures that legacy portfolios haven’t fully internalized.

Read Full Article:   https://www.patreon.com/posts/welp-he-said-it-155298036

https://dinarchronicles.com/2026/04/11/prolotario-we-seem-to-be-in-the-last-stretch-of-this-operation/

Ariel:  Preparing for the Switch, Financial Reset in Play, Ready at a Moments Notice

4-11-2026

They All Are Preparing For The Switch: Financial Reset In Play

We All Need To Be Ready At A Moments Notice

I just posted about Claude Mythos a few hours ago. The legacy banking cartel is scrambling in real time. Bank of Canada convened its major lenders and regulators today under the Financial Sector Resiliency Group to confront cybersecurity exposures tied directly to Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview model.

This mirrors the urgent closed-door summons days earlier by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair Jerome Powell to CEOs of systemically important banks (Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and others).

The trigger is not abstract hype Mythos autonomously uncovered thousands of high-severity zero-day vulnerabilities across every major operating system and web browser, including decades-old flaws that survived prior audits.

This is the wildcard cyber layer slamming into the sovereign financial inversion. While the old guard pushes tokenized rails, ISO 20022 migration, XRP bridge settlement, and suppressed currency unlocks (Dinar corridors), a frontier AI capable of chaining exploits at machine speed exposes the brittle underbelly of legacy correspondent banking, SWIFT dependencies, and centralized clearing systems.

The same infrastructure being stress-tested for the reset energy chokepoints, cross-border liquidity, black-budget shadows now faces an offensive/defensive asymmetry that bad actors (state or non-state) could weaponize before defensive patches scale.

The global currency reset just went into a high alert zone.

This isn’t isolated tech news. It compresses the timeline for verifiable, on-chain dominance. Legacy opacity (the c---l’s historical edge via information asymmetry and cutout ops) crumbles when AI forces rapid auditing and patching.

White Hat-aligned elements gain from defensive prioritization; adversarial factions (or opportunistic players inside intelligence cutouts) see offensive potential.

The Bank of Canada and U.S. meetings ensure systemically important institutions don’t become the weak link as Basel III calibrations, SOFR shifts, and new Treasury Dollar signaling operationalize.

Source(s):  • https://x.com/Prolotario1/status/2042719755220717848

https://dinarchronicles.com/2026/04/11/prolotario-preparing-for-the-switch-financial-reset-in-play-ready-at-a-moments-notice/

Iraq Economic News And Points To Ponder Saturday Afternoon 4-11-26

Iraq Government Formation: The Constitution that cannot enforce its own deadlines

2026-04-09 Shafaq News   Iraq's parliament is 70 days past the constitutional deadline to elect a president, with a new session set for April 11, and whether it produces a result or another postponement, the constitution offers no answer for what happens if it does not.  This is not an anomaly. It is the operating logic of post-2003 Iraqi governance.

Since the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraq has formed ten governments, none on schedule. The shortest delay —the 2014 government of Haider al-Abadi— took 131 days, compressed by international pressure and the existential emergency of ISIS's advance on Baghdad.

 The longest, the 2022 government of Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, required 382 days, passing through armed clashes, the storming of the heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses diplomatic buildings, and the wholesale withdrawal of Muqtada al-Sadr’s movement bloc (The Sadrist) from parliament. The current impasse, at 148 days since the November 2025 elections and counting, sits closer to the norm than the exception.

Read more: A political norm shaping Iraq’s governments

"Since 2003 until today, governments have not actually stabilized, except for the 2006 and 2010 administrations," political analyst Daoud al-Halfaya told Shafaq News, referring to Nouri al-Maliki's two terms, themselves born of prolonged deadlock.

The pattern, al-Halfaya argued, is not accidental: "Successive governments have been staffed not with strong national figures but with weak ones, undermining the capacity for decisive decision-making and any prospect of institutional stability."

The constitution mandates that a president be elected within 30 days of parliament's first session. That session convened on December 29, 2025. The deadline passed on January 29, 2026, unmet and unremarked upon by any enforcement mechanism, because none exists. What followed was a constitutional crisis in the legal sense, but at the same time, it is something more corrosive: a constitutional norm treated, by all parties, as optional.

The architecture of that weakness was partly assembled by judicial fiat. On March 25, 2010, the Federal Supreme Court issued Decision No. 25/Federal/2010, ruling that the constitutional term "largest parliamentary bloc" could refer either to the list winning the most seats in an election, or to a coalition assembled inside parliament after results were ratified.

The practical transferred the right to form a government away from Ayad Allawi, whose Al-Iraqiya List had won the most seats, and toward al-Maliki, who had not.

The ruling has reverberated through every government formation since. It is widely seen as having eroded public reverence toward both the constitution and the court, precisely because it appeared to subordinate electoral outcomes to post-election political maneuvering.

Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council President, Judge Faiq Zaidan, has himself acknowledged the damage, describing Article 76 of the constitution as among its most contentious provisions. A literal reading, he has argued, would restrict the "largest bloc" designation to whichever list won the most votes; allowing post-election coalitions to claim that status distorts voter intent and undermines legitimacy.

Read more: Iraq’s Parliament “Largest Bloc”: A Renewed Struggle over Power

Ihsan al-Shammari, head of the Iraqi Political Thinking Center, told Shafaq News that "a serious error was committed in 2010 in interpreting the largest bloc," and that the Federal Court's ruling must be reconsidered. al-Shammari agree with Judge Zaidan, calling for a constitutional amendment or revision of parliamentary bylaws to prevent further cycles of delay.

Al-Shammari also identifies the emergence of rival Shia leaderships as a compounding factor: "Shia parties have always disagreed over who assumes the premiership and how ministerial portfolios are distributed, and the rise of new political leaderships has complicated matters further, because these figures threaten traditional hierarchies —leading to maneuvers around the largest bloc even when it commands genuine popular support."

Aqeel al-Rudaini, spokesperson for former Prime Minister al-Abadi's al-Nasr coalition, is more direct: "Quota politics, internal power struggles, political money and influence among parties, and the presence of weapons outside state authority have all contributed to delaying government formation." The last item on that list —armed factions operating beyond the reach of the state— is not a peripheral concern. It is a negotiating variable.

According to Al-Shammari, the regional interference [especially from the United States and Iran] sometimes prevents government formation outright or places a veto on a specific candidate, directly affecting the parliamentary confidence vote." Al-Rudaini also stressed that "every ethnic community and political bloc carries regional influence behind it, and this damages Iraq's national interest while deepening internal divisions."

Al-Halfaya frames the consequence plainly: political competition has shifted to "competing for the backing of external powers rather than policy programs," removing national interest from the calculus entirely.

The two-thirds quorum requirement for the presidential vote, imposed by the Federal Supreme Court since 2022, has made the calculus more punishing still. Any bloc controlling more than a third of parliament's 329 seats holds effective veto power over the entire process —the so-called "blocking third."

What was designed as a consensus mechanism has become, in practice, a tool for extraction: no presidency, no prime ministerial mandate, no government, until the holdouts are satisfied.

In an attempt to break the pattern, the Speaker warned MPs this week that absences from the April 11 session would be formally recorded and penalized with a one-million-dinar (approximately $763) salary deduction —the first-time attendance at a presidential vote has carried any stated consequence. In a political economy where ministerial portfolios are negotiated in billions, the figure measures the distance between the penalty available and the stakes being protected.

The cost of this paralysis goes beyond politics. Economist Nabil al-Marsoumi has warned that Iraq faces a salary shortfall of five trillion dinars (approximately $3.8 billion) for May, the result of declining oil revenues compounded by disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. "Iraq requires more than nine trillion dinars (approximately $6.87 billion) monthly to cover public sector salaries and social welfare," al-Marsoumi told Shafaq News, "and any shortfall hits citizens directly."

A caretaker government, legally prohibited from passing budgets, signing major contracts, or approving structural spending, cannot address the gap. Caretaker restrictions have separately frozen between eight and ten billion dollars in contracts spanning infrastructure, water, and services, with over 6,000 administrative decisions in suspension.

Read more: Parliament paralysis: Divisions and pressure expose Iraq’s fragile system

The 220 lawmakers who signed the petition demanding the April 11 session represent genuine pressure from within the legislature. Pressure, in Iraq's post-2003 political grammar, is not the same as accountability.

The constitution sets deadlines, but does not punish those who miss them. Neither legal mechanism compels parliament to convene, nor court have the authority —or the institutional standing— to enforce compliance.

Al-Shammari's prescription, shared by Judge Zaidan, is a constitutional amendment or revision of parliamentary internal rules. Those proposals have circulated in various forms since 2010 and have not advanced.

The Federal Supreme Court has scheduled its own ruling on the constitutional implications of the missed deadline for April 14, three days after parliament's session. The court will interpret the violation only after the political class has already attempted to move past it, a sequencing that captures, with accidental precision, how Iraq's institutions relate to its constitution: commentary follows action; accountability trails power.

Iraq's political class has not failed to build a government. It has succeeded, repeatedly, in building a system in which not building one is a viable —sometimes optimal— political strategy.

Written and edited by Shafaq News staff.

https://www.shafaq.com/en/Report/Iraq-Government-Formation-The-Constitution-that-cannot-enforce-its-own-deadlines

Seeds of Wisdom RV and Economics Updates Saturday Afternoon 4-11-26

Good Afternoon Dinar Recaps

Geopolitical Risk Surge: Central Banks Shift Focus Away from Inflation

Rising global tensions are overtaking inflation as the primary concern, signaling a shift in monetary priorities and systemic risk

OVERVIEW (KEY POINTS)

A significant shift is underway as central banks globally are now prioritizing geopolitical risk over inflation, marking a turning point in how monetary authorities assess economic threats. Recent surveys and policy signals show a sharp rise in concern over conflict-driven instability.

This change is happening now due to escalating global tensions, particularly in energy-sensitive regions, which are creating uncertainty in trade flows, capital movement, and supply chains. These pressures are beginning to outweigh traditional inflation concerns.

Institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and major central banks are increasingly acknowledging that external shocks—not domestic demand—are driving economic outcomes.

The broader implication is critical: monetary policy is being reshaped by geopolitical forces, reducing central bank control and increasing the likelihood of structural shifts within the global financial system.

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

1. Geopolitical Risk Becomes Top Central Bank Concern

Central banks are rapidly reprioritizing their risk outlook.

• Nearly 70% of central banks now rank geopolitical tensions as the top threat

• This is a sharp increase from roughly 35% previously

2. Inflation No Longer the Sole Policy Driver

Traditional inflation targeting is being challenged.

• External shocks are now dictating inflation trends

• Central banks have less control over price stability mechanisms

3. Policy Uncertainty Intensifies Across Markets

Markets are reacting to unclear central bank direction.

• Investors face mixed signals on interest rates and liquidity

• Forward guidance is becoming less reliable

4. Capital Flows Begin to Reflect Risk Repricing

Global capital is adjusting to heightened uncertainty.

• Funds are shifting toward safe-haven assets

• Emerging markets face increased risk of capital outflows

WHY IT MATTERS

This shift represents a fundamental change in how economic risk is defined and managed. When geopolitical instability becomes the primary concern, traditional monetary tools lose effectiveness.

Markets are entering a phase where external shocks dominate internal policy decisions, creating increased volatility across asset classes. This complicates forecasting and weakens investor confidence.

For policymakers, the challenge is growing. Central banks must now respond to unpredictable global events, limiting their ability to maintain stable economic conditions.

At the system level, this contributes to a gradual erosion of centralized monetary control, a key signal of broader financial transformation.

WHY IT MATTERS TO FOREIGN CURRENCY HOLDERS

• Currency volatility may rise as geopolitical risks fluctuate

• Purchasing power becomes less predictable under external shock conditions

• Capital flows may favor traditionally stable currencies, increasing divergence

• Exchange rates may decouple from fundamentals, reducing reliability

IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GLOBAL RESET

• Pillar 1: Declining Effectiveness of Monetary Policy

As geopolitical forces override domestic economic controls, central banks lose precision in managing inflation and growth. This weakens confidence in fiat systems and increases pressure for alternative monetary frameworks.

• Pillar 2: Global Financial Fragmentation

Rising geopolitical tension is accelerating the shift toward a multi-polar financial system, where regions rely less on centralized institutions and more on localized economic alliances and currency arrangements.

CONCLUSION

The elevation of geopolitical risk above inflation marks a clear shift in global economic priorities. Central banks are no longer operating in a predictable environment, and their tools are becoming less effective against external disruptions.

This transition introduces greater uncertainty into markets, policy decisions, and global capital flows. The implications extend beyond short-term volatility and point toward deeper systemic change.

As geopolitical pressures continue to build, the financial system is being reshaped by forces outside traditional economic control.

This is not just a shift in risk perception—it is a structural change in how the global financial system functions.

Seeds of Wisdom Team
Newshounds News™ Exclusive

SOURCES

• Reuters — "Central banks' concern over rising geopolitical tensions surges, survey shows"

• Axios — "Iran war's economic aftershocks will be felt for some time"

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Basel III and Gold: The Quiet Rule Change That Changes Everything

Basel III and Gold: The Quiet Rule Change That Changes Everything

Harlan Eugene Vance:  4-11-2026

Is gold money again?

Central banks and the world's most powerful financial institution—the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)—just quietly fundamentally rewired the entire global banking system.

While nobody was watching, they changed the rules.

In this deep dive, we explore the "Basel III" regulations, specifically the Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR), which reclassified physical, allocated gold as a Tier 1, risk-free asset for banks.

This places physical bullion on par with cash and sovereign debt (like US Treasuries).

Why this matters to YOU: For decades, the system encouraged banks to hold "paper gold" (derivatives) while penalizing them for holding the real metal. This rule change flips that script.

By elevating physical gold to the highest tier of capital, regulators are admitting that paper promises are no longer enough to anchor the system in a world drowning in over $300 trillion of debt.

We break down:

The "Haircut" Removal: Why gold moved from a "risky" Tier 3 asset to "pristine" Tier 1.

The Squeeze on Paper Gold: How these rules make unallocated gold trading prohibitively expensive for bullion banks.

Central Bank Hoarding: Why Eastern nations (BRICS) are draining Western vaults of physical metal.

The Fiat Endgame: Why the elite architects of the financial system are preparing a "golden lifeboat" as inflation devalues sovereign bonds.

This isn't just a boring regulatory change; it is a tectonic shift in the definition of money and a signal that the ultimate backstop for the global economy is returning to its roots: hard, tangible, physical gold.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKUhPw60o9g

News, Rumors and Opinions Saturday 4-11-2026

Majeed KSA: Standing on the Finish Line

4-11-2026

PolyMarket:  BREAKING: Bank of Canada meets with major financial firms to discuss cyber risks tied to Claude Mythos.

Would you look at that.

This morning it was Trump with banks leaders. And now Bank of Canada meet with major financial firms.

Both Canada and US claiming the same cyber risk.

The solution is ready in their hand.

Just show the problem… so you have a reason to implement the solution.

MajeedKSA:  Now you got US working on removing the sanction from Venezuela central bank, which will cause the currency to go to Forex

Also JD Vance made an announcement two days ago about Vietnam Iraq about to elect their next president on Saturday

JD Vance will be meeting with Iran on Saturday to sign the peace deal in Pakistan

I think we are right around the corner

Trump made an announcement yesterday saying -it’s a big day for world peace -big money will be made -Iran can start the reconstruction… meaning no more bombing on Iran -this could be the golden age for the Middle East

Nothing else is left

Add to the quoted post.

-Trump saying the world’s most powerful RESET.

-2 days ago Trump saying he’s discussing tariffs and removing sanctions on Iran.

-Trump and Canada met with banks and financial firms leaders… discussing cyber risk to the current financial system… meaning they are showing you the problem in order to implement the solution… and the solution is the new financial system.

You can’t make this up.

We are literally standing on the finish line.

These stuff never happened before. And in the past 3 days, it’s coming back to back one after one.

They are literally showing you. We need the new financial system NOW and it has to be implemented NOW in order to save the financial system from “cyber attack.”

Source(s):
• https://x.com/majeed66224499/status/2042721589389570110
• https://x.com/majeed66224499/status/2042748713504760216

https://dinarchronicles.com/2026/04/11/majeed-ksa-standing-on-the-finish-line/

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Militia Man  Many of you say, 'I've been here for 20 years and we've seen all this before.'  Good on you, but you haven't because this is a different time.  It's a different situation.  It's got different technology.  They've been doing all these thing quietly in the background ...They haven't went out and been public with everything but they have been showing you publicly that they are doing things consistently on a regular basis.  That hasn't changed...

Reset Intelligence Iraq votes for a president in 24 hours. That vote starts the constitutional clock on the budget, the HCL, and the rate.

Mnt Goat  Here we sit waiting for over four months for the new Iraqi government to be formed.  We have to realize it is NOT a matter of just forming ‘a new government’ but ‘the right government’ that can work with president Trump and his plan to revitalize Iraq...Trump’s plan for Iraq is nothing new and only a continuance of the original U.S. foreign policy for Iraq. The plan was destroyed under the eight years of the Obama and Biden years. This foreign policy for Iraq does not include Iraq as an Iranian proxy state controlled by Iran and that has been the difficulty all along in getting the reinstatement of the Iraq dinar... 

The Largest Gold De-Dollarisation Event Ever Recorded!

Kinesis Money:  4-9-2026

In this week’s Live from the Vault, Andrew Maguire reveals how unprecedented volatility has masked a powerful shift from paper to physical gold, as central banks and institutions accelerate de-dollarisation and establish a higher price floor.

 With safe haven demand returning and systemic risks building in private credit markets, Maguire explains why gold and silver are in strong demand, as steady physical buying and tightening supply set the stage for a sharp move beyond previous highs.

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

03:24 War-driven dislocations reveal physical gold breaking from paper pricing

05:07 Central banks shift from US Treasuries into gold and silver

08:55 Safe haven narrative returns as physical demand establishes a higher floor

14:07 Short-term outlook as ceasefire triggers volatility and bullish positioning

17:11 Private credit risks emerge as major bullish catalyst for gold

20:13 Central bank accumulation accelerates amid de-dollarisation trends

28:31 Silver supply strain exposes widening gap between paper and physical markets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1TR-iynE4c

“Iraq News” Posted by Tishwash at TNT 4-11-2026

TNT:

Tishwash:  The parliament's leadership threatens MPs who are absent from tomorrow's (Saturday’s) session to elect the president.

 The Speaker of Parliament vowed on Friday to publish the names of MPs who will be absent from tomorrow's session to elect the President of the Republic.

Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi said in a statement, "We call on political leaders, heads of parliamentary blocs, and members of the House of Representatives to attend tomorrow's session, Saturday, which is dedicated to electing the President of the Republic, and to proceed with completing the constitutional requirements and prioritizing the supreme national interest, in light of the security and economic conditions the country is going through, which require everyone to bear their national responsibilities."

He confirmed that "the names of the absent MPs, as well as the political blocs that prevent their MPs from attending, will be published in order to inform the public."  link

Tishwash:  Washington summons Iraqi ambassador and issues "strong warning"

The US State Department summoned the Iraqi ambassador to Washington, Nizar Khairallah, on Thursday, April 9, 2026, to inform him of a strongly worded protest and the US government’s condemnation of the increasing attacks launched by pro-Iranian militias from Iraqi territory.

A statement issued by the US State Department spokesperson said that Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau met with the Iraqi ambassador to express US outrage over the "serious terrorist attacks" targeting diplomatic personnel and facilities, the latest of which was the ambush targeting US diplomats in Baghdad yesterday, April 8.

Open criticism of the Iraqi government

Landau noted that these attacks are part of a series of hundreds of attacks that have occurred in recent weeks, targeting not only American interests, but also institutions in Iraq and its neighbors, including the Kurdistan Region.

In an unprecedentedly escalating tone, the Deputy Secretary of State criticized the Iraqi government's "failure" to prevent these attacks, noting that some entities linked to the Iraqi government continue to provide "effective political, financial, and operational cover" for these militias, stressing that this situation negatively and directly affects the future of bilateral relations between Washington and Baghdad.

Demands for "immediate dismantling"

The US official stressed that the United States "will not tolerate" any targeting of its interests or citizens, and called on Baghdad to immediately begin practical measures to dismantle the militia groups active in Iraq.  link

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Tishwash:  The Revolutionary Guard establishes a "front" in Baghdad

 Iraqi requests to halt attacks rejected

Sources revealed that officers in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard continue to manage the operations of armed factions in Iraq and reject political requests to stop the attacks, acting as a “shadow military supervisor” to establish a pressure front on Washington in anticipation of the failure of negotiations.

Two sources from the “Coordination Framework” and the Iraqi government said that the heads of four Shiite parties held discussions in recent weeks with Iranian officials inside Iraq with the aim of convincing them of the need to stop the attacks, but they did not respond.

Sources said that a Quds Force officer with significant influence in Baghdad "does not respond to calls from allies within the coordination framework, limiting his communications to operations officials in armed factions." The sources quoted a senior Iraqi official, speaking during a private security meeting, as saying, "How is it possible that we cannot stop this man (the Revolutionary Guard officer)?" He added, "Why can't we arrest him?"  link

Tishwash:  Experts: The Hormuz crisis is a wake-up call for restructuring the Iraqi economy.

 The economic circles in Iraq are witnessing a remarkable rise in calls for the adoption of comprehensive structural reforms aimed at diversifying sources of income and reducing the almost total dependence on oil, following the recent crisis that the country was exposed to as a result of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and the direct repercussions that followed on global and local markets.

Iraq relies heavily on oil revenues, which constitute more than 90 percent of its general budget revenues, making it vulnerable to external shocks and sharp fluctuations in energy prices. Experts believe that this single-resource economic model exposes the country to recurring risks, as global crises quickly translate into domestic crises that directly affect the lives of citizens.

Risk management and sovereign wealth funds

In this context, economic researcher Imad Al-Muhammadawi emphasizes the importance of adopting proactive policies for risk management, stressing the need to establish sovereign wealth funds to which a percentage of oil revenues are allocated, with the aim of confronting crises and emergencies.

Al-Muhammadi points out that many oil-producing countries have succeeded in limiting the impact of economic shocks by establishing such funds, which act as a financial line of defense that contributes to stability when prices fall or supplies are disrupted, noting the importance of developing alternative plans to confront regional and international crises.

 Improving the investment environment

In a related vein, economic experts emphasize the importance of improving Iraq's investment climate by modernizing legislation and regulations to attract both domestic and foreign capital. They stress that investment is the primary driver of any economy, as increased investment leads to higher GDP, particularly in projects that contribute to technology transfer and skills development.

Investment activity also has a positive impact on multiple sectors such as transportation, trade and services, within the framework of what is known economically as the “investment multiplier effect”, which helps to reduce the severity of market shocks and enhance the resilience of the economy.

Economic diversification and human development

For his part, academic Dr. Kazem Eidan Shadeed stresses that the next stage requires serious and intensive work to diversify the economy and not rely on a single resource, stressing that building the human being represents the cornerstone of any sustainable development process.

He adds that achieving economic stability is closely linked to strengthening national unity and long-term planning, noting the importance of establishing a “Generations Fund” as a strategic step towards ensuring the rights of future generations and achieving financial sustainability.

Banking system reform

Eidan emphasizes that confronting crises, whether internal or external, requires adopting a package of integrated measures, foremost among them developing the banking system to be more efficient and stable, in addition to supporting digital transformation in the financial sector.

It also calls for strengthening the role of small and medium enterprises, given their importance in stimulating the local economy and creating job opportunities, as well as the need to rationalize consumption, manage resources efficiently, and build community support networks capable of adapting in times of crisis.Regional influences 

Global repercussions

On the global markets front, European stock exchanges saw a notable rise of over 3 percent following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the Middle East and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20 percent of the world's oil supply passes.

Brent crude futures also fell by about 15 percent, settling below $100 a barrel, indicating a relative improvement in market confidence and a resumption of oil and gas flows. Despite this temporary relief, investors are still waiting to see if this lull paves the way for lasting solutions that will ensure stable supplies and prices.   link