IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

Parliamentary committee: The 2021 budget set a date for the termination of the acting positions

Parliamentary committee: The 2021 budget set a date for the termination of the acting positions

03/28/2021 13:14:38

The head of a parliamentary committee revealed that the draft federal budget law for 2021 includes a paragraph specifying the termination of positions that are administered by proxy.

In a statement, the head of the Endowments and Religious Affairs Committee, Hussein Al-Yasari, called on the “Euphrates News Agency” a copy of it, “the Presidency of Parliament to end the assignment of grades for the agency Read more…

Former MP: The rise in the price of the dollar threatens to increase the “poor of Iraq” by 10%

Former MP: The rise in the price of the dollar threatens to increase the “poor of Iraq” by 10%

Sunday 28 March 2021 | 02:26 PM

A member of the State of Law coalition, former representative Raad Al-Mas, confirmed, on Sunday, that raising the exchange rate of the dollar threatens to increase the number of poor Iraq by 10 %.

Al-Mas said, “The raising of the dollar’s ​​exchange rate a few months ago came as a government measure to confront the collapse Read more…

The House of Representatives postpones the session for voting on the budget to seven in the evening.

The House of Representatives postpones the session for voting on the budget to seven in the evening.

2021-03-28

Today, Sunday, the Media Department of the House of Representatives announced the postponement of the date of the budget voting session.

The department said in a brief statement that “discussions of the political blocs Read more…

An economist for “Tigris”: The government does not have tools to reduce inflation except through the exchange rate

An economist for “Tigris”: The government does not have tools to reduce inflation except through the exchange rate

03-27-2021 02:32 PM

Economic expert Dergham Muhammad considered that the current inflation is linked to the change in the exchange rate, since the Iraqi market depends almost entirely on import, indicating that “the local product depends on importing raw materials.”

“This matter led to a significant increase in the consumer price, which led to Read more…

Parliament denies the parliamentary finance agreement and the government regarding the exchange rate of the dollar

Parliament denies the parliamentary finance agreement and the government regarding the exchange rate of the dollar

03/27/2021 18:02:38

{Policy: Al Furat News} The House of Representatives denied, on Saturday, the agreement of the Parliamentary Finance Committee and the government regarding the exchange rate of the dollar.

The media office of the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Bashir Al-Haddad, said in a brief statement, Al-Furat News received a copy of it, that he “denies what was circulated by some news agencies and social media sites about the agreement Read more…

The price of the dollar and the region’s share … Learn about the results of a ministerial meeting on the budget

The price of the dollar and the region’s share … Learn about the results of a ministerial meeting on the budget

Saturday 27 March 2021 | 04:43 PM

Deputy Speaker of Parliament Bashir Al-Haddad announced, on Saturday, the results of the parliamentary ministerial meeting that was held at the Al-Rasheed Hotel to discuss the current year’s budget. Al-Haddad said in a press conference that “during the meeting, a detailed discussion and discussion of the articles and articles of the draft federal budget law for 2021, which are included in the agenda Read more…

State of Law bloc rejects the current exchange rate and invites the Finance Committee

State of Law bloc rejects the current exchange rate and invites the Finance Committee

3/27/2021 14:43

[Baghdad-Where]
The parliamentary state of law bloc announced, on Saturday, its rejection of the dollar exchange rate in the budget.
The representative of the bloc in the Finance Committee, Abdul Hadi Al-Saadawi, said in a statement, “The Finance Committee held a meeting this morning at the Al-Rasheed Hotel, in which the ministers of finance, planning, oil, electricity and labor, the minister of commerce and housing and the minister of state participated Read more…

A parliamentary bloc refuses to vote on the budget because?

A parliamentary bloc refuses to vote on the budget because?

3/27/2021 21:21

[Baghdad-Where]
The parliamentary “Arab Project” bloc announced, on Friday, its refusal to vote on the 2021 budget, except on condition.
The head of the bloc, MP Ahmad Madloul Al-Jarba, said in a statement: “We will not vote on the budget if the price of the dollar is not fixed at Read more…

Parliamentary Finance: Carrying over the 2021 budget is an option

Parliamentary Finance: Carrying over the 2021 budget is an option

2021-03-26 03:58

Shafaq News / On Friday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee ruled out the vote on the budget bill in the House of Representatives session tomorrow, Saturday, revealing the possibility of postponing approval of the budget until further notice.

Committee member Jamal Cougar told Shafaq News, “The vote on the general budget law for 2021 in a session tomorrow, Saturday, is very unlikely, due to Read more…

Parliamentary Finance: Many disagreements in the budget, and we are unlikely to approve it tomorrow

Parliamentary Finance: Many disagreements in the budget, and we are unlikely to approve it tomorrow

03/26/2021 14:52:33

A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee ruled out, today, Friday, the vote on the draft federal budget law for 2021 during the parliament session tomorrow, Saturday.

Representative Jamal Cougar said in a press statement, “The vote on the federal budget bill for 2021 has been ruled out in the House of Representatives session Read more…

Kurdish bloc sets two conditions for voting on the budget

Kurdish bloc sets two conditions for voting on the budget

03/26/2021 13:18:21

The Kurdish Al-Amal bloc in the House of Representatives stipulated two issues for voting on the fiscal budget bill for 2021.

“The bloc will not vote on any agreement between Baghdad and Erbil if it does not include marketing oil through the” Sumo “company and including the salaries of the region’s employees without any arguments or delay Read more…

Conflicting news about the exchange rate confuses the street … and calls to quit auctions

Conflicting news about the exchange rate confuses the street … and calls to quit auctions

2021-03-25

Report: Alsumaria News: The
conflicting news about reducing the exchange rate of the dollar against the dinar has cast a shadow over the price in the local markets. At a time when parliamentarians ruled out the possibility of reducing the exchange rate of the dollar against the dinar at the present time Read more…

Dozens are demonstrating in Wasit to demand approval of the budget and an adjustment of the exchange rate

Dozens are demonstrating in Wasit to demand approval of the budget and an adjustment of the exchange rate

03-25-2021 04:55 PM

A security source said today, Thursday, that dozens of demonstrators in Wasit Governorate demanded the approval of the budget and the return of the exchange rate to 120,000 dinars.

The source told “Tigris”, “Dozens demonstrated this afternoon Read more…

Regional government: Two proposals for our share of the budget, and we are ready to implement one of them

Regional government: Two proposals for our share of the budget, and we are ready to implement one of them

03/25/2021 11:37:34

{Politics: Euphrates News} Samir Hawrami, the official spokesman for the Vice President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, announced that the new formulation agreed upon in the draft fiscal budget for 2021 included two proposals, “pointing out that” the region is ready to implement one of these two proposals. ”

Hawrami said in a press statement, Read more…

The Al-Kazemi government disavows the dollar rate and throws the ball into Parliament’s court

The Al-Kazemi government disavows the dollar rate and throws the ball into Parliament’s court

Thursday 25 March 2021 | 09:36 am

Cabinet spokesman Hassan Nazim confirmed the right of Parliament to change the exchange rate of the dollar, which sparked a state of public discontent, denying that he had made a statement regarding this recently .

“I have not made any statement regarding the exchange rate of the dollar, as was reported by some social media, ” Nazim said .

Nazem added, “The House of Representatives has the right to change the dollar exchange rate,” noting that Read more…

Advisor Al-Kazemi warns: Hypocrisy over the dollar price will create turmoil in the market

Advisor Al-Kazemi warns: Hypocrisy over the dollar price will create turmoil in the market

Thursday 25 March 2021 | 10:34 a.m.

The advisor to the Prime Minister for Financial Affairs, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, predicted, on Thursday, that the rise in food prices will stabilize in the future, considering that the contradictions between the political blocs on the issue of changing the exchange rate of the dollar will affect the movement of supply and Read more…

The American ambassador sets four priorities for his administration in Iraq

The American ambassador sets four priorities for his administration in Iraq

Thursday 25 March 2021 | 01:43 PM

On Thursday (March 25, 2021), the US ambassador to Baghdad, Matthew Toller, announced four priorities for the new administration in Iraq, including the fight against “ISIS”, while affirming that the strategic goals are “fixed” despite the changing administrations .

Tueller said during his participation in a video conference, “The American strategic objectives are constant despite Read more…

Financial Committee: There is no parliamentary request to reduce the exchange rate, and Article 11 stalled negotiations

Financial Committee: There is no parliamentary request to reduce the exchange rate, and Article 11 stalled negotiations

Posted, 3/25/2021 20:45

[Baghdad-Where]
The Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed, on Wednesday, that Article 11 of the Kurdistan region is still delaying the finalization of the General Budget Law for 2021, while indicating that there is no representative request of the Central Bank to reduce the exchange rate.
Committee member Muhammad al-Shabaki said, according to the official agency, that “Article 11 related to the oil agreement, Read more…

The Finance Committee warns: The 2021 budget may be canceled for this reason?

The Finance Committee warns: The 2021 budget may be canceled for this reason?

3/25/2021 15:11

[Baghdad-Where]
The Parliamentary Finance Committee warned, on Thursday, of indicators that may lead to the cancellation of the 2021 budget.
The deputy for the committee, Jamal Cougar, said, “The issue is not the issue of the region, and the region’s share is a peg, stressing that there are two wills in the Iraqi state, a will that does not want the elections to take place, nor for this government to succeed, nor to approve the budget and it has 3 arguments, Read more…

Parliamentary Finance: The World Bank did not object to reducing the dollar’s ​​price

Parliamentary Finance: The World Bank did not object to reducing the dollar’s ​​price

12:18 – 24/03/2021

The information / Baghdad ..
The Parliamentary Finance Committee expected, on Wednesday, to agree to reduce the price of the dollar to 130 within the budget, indicating that the World Bank did not express any objection to reducing the price, unlike the Ministry of Finance, which is determined Read more…