Parliamentary Finance: 4 billion owed by the region have not been transferred to Baghdad

Parliamentary Finance: 4 billion owed by the region have not been transferred to Baghdad

2-1-2025

Al-Maalouma / Special..
Member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Mohammed Nouri, revealed today, Saturday, that the Kurdistan Region has not fully delivered oil and non-oil revenues to the federal government, indicating that there are violations related to the failure to transfer Read more…

Top FBI leaders fired, including Trump’s successor

Top FBI leaders fired, including Trump’s successor

2025-02-01 03:03

Shafaq News/ A large group of senior leaders and FBI agents have left the agency in one of the biggest changes in years at the US law enforcement agency.

The US Department of Justice has fired a number of senior FBI leaders and launched a massive investigation into employees Read more…

More than a billion in a week.. The Central Bank of Iraq continues its record dollar sales

More than a billion in a week.. The Central Bank of Iraq continues its record dollar sales

2025-02-01 02:10

Shafaq News/ The Central Bank of Iraq’s total sales of US hard currency amounted to more than one billion dollars during the days in which the auction was opened last week.

Shafaq News Agency correspondent stated that the Central Bank sold during the past week and for the 4 days in which the auction was opened, Read more…

For the first time in the history of Iraq .. gold prices exceed 600 thousand dinars per mithqal

For the first time in the history of Iraq .. gold prices exceed 600 thousand dinars per mithqal

2025-02-01 00:43

Shafaq News/ The prices of “foreign and Iraqi” gold rose in the local markets in the capital, Baghdad, and in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, today, Saturday (February 1, 2025), to reach more than 600 dinars per mithqal in the local markets, in an increase that reached its highest level in the history Read more…

Why doesn’t Iraq have a “sovereign fund” to get it out of the “rentier economy”?

Why doesn’t Iraq have a “sovereign fund” to get it out of the “rentier economy”?

2025-02-01

As Iraq’s economic challenges continue, calls are growing to establish a US dollar sovereign fund that would be used to invest oil revenues in economic and development projects that would enhance the country’s financial stability.

In this context, Mustafa Akram Hantoush, a researcher in financial and banking affairs, stressed the necessity of establishing such a fund, indicating its importance Read more…

Great efforts are being made to protect the national currency and enhance its economic security from counterfeiters and money laundering.

Great efforts are being made to protect the national currency and enhance its economic security from counterfeiters and money laundering.

2025-02-01

Recently, great efforts have been made to protect the national currency and enhance its economic security. The Central Bank of Iraq revealed a set of modern security marks that were added to the circulating banknotes as a qualitative step that reflects the keenness to keep pace with global developments in the field of printing and securing currencies. On January 19, the Central Bank of Iraq revealed the security Read more…

Iraqi Dinar Guru opinions 1-31-2025

Iraqi Dinar Guru opinions 1-31-2025

1-31-2025 Intel Guru Frank26 Security and stability is what we constantly are seeing them brag about. I’m surprised they don’t have the Goodyear blimp going by and saying, ‘We have security and stability in Iraq now!’ Everyone knows it. The whole world is pouring into your country. World banks are going crazy. Everything that should not be happening to your country because you’re at a program rate is happening. How is this possible? What is this? This is The Twilight Zone…We now step into the new dimension called the monetary reform giving purchasing power to the Iraqi citizens. Read more…

Trump’s Intelligence Nominee: US Invasion of Iraq Was Based on Lies

Trump’s Intelligence Nominee: US Invasion of Iraq Was Based on Lies

1-31-2025

Information/Baghdad…
US President Donald Trump’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, launched a scathing attack on the previous Democratic administration and denounced the invasion of Iraq.
Gabbard said in her speech during her confirmation hearing as National Director of Intelligence Read more…

Iraq is close to achieving self-sufficiency in 6 agricultural crops

Iraq is close to achieving self-sufficiency in 6 agricultural crops

1-31-2025

Information/Baghdad…
The Ministry of Agriculture confirmed, on Thursday, that it had achieved a surplus in the production of several crops and exported them abroad, while indicating that Iraq was close to achieving self-sufficiency in 6 important crops, including Read more…

Three reasons why the budget cannot be amended in parliament

Three reasons why the budget cannot be amended in parliament

1-31-2025

Information/Baghdad
MP Hadi Al-Salami revealed on Friday that there are three reasons preventing the budget amendment from proceeding within the House of Representatives.

Al-Salami said in an interview with Al-Maalouma that “the budget amendment project is a matter of great importance, and we have been dealing with it Read more…

Economist: Iraq’s budget is safe after oil prices rise to more than $75 per barrel

Economist: Iraq’s budget is safe after oil prices rise to more than $75 per barrel

1-31-2025

Information/Baghdad…
Economic researcher Diaa Abdul Karim explained on Friday that Iraq’s budget is safe in light of the rise in oil prices to more than $75 per barrel, with expectations of an increase in production in the coming period.

Abdul Karim told Al-Maalouma, “The decline in US stockpiles prompted Trump to Read more…

“Crucial” meeting in Baghdad regarding salaries of Kurdistan Region employees

“Crucial” meeting in Baghdad regarding salaries of Kurdistan Region employees

2025-01-31 01:03

Shafaq News/ The Kurdistan Regional Government delegation is scheduled to hold a meeting with the federal government in the capital on Friday regarding employee salaries.

Shafaq News Agency correspondent said that the meeting will start after one o’clock in the afternoon at the home of Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, where the regional Read more…

MP Ahmed Al-Sharmani: Amending the budget led to a “major parliamentary division” and no agreement on it

MP Ahmed Al-Sharmani: Amending the budget led to a “major parliamentary division” and no agreement on it

2025-01-31

Member of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Al-Sharmani, confirmed Thursday, January 30, 2025, that amending the financial budget law sent by the federal government to Parliament led to a “major parliamentary division.”

Al-Sharmani said in a press interview, “The amendment to the budget law, sent by the Iraqi government, led to a major parliamentary division among Read more…

Iraqi Dinar Guru opinions 1-30-2025

Iraqi Dinar Guru opinions 1-30-2025

1-30-2025 Intel Guru Frank26 [Iraq boots-on-the-ground report] FIREFLY:
The United States Treasury Secretary just arrived in Iraq and it’s a meeting with Sudani and the CBI on the news…Television is showing Alaq talking about an imminent launch of initiatives to give economic stability… FRANK: Many American officials are going to Iraq. To see the new Secretary of Treasury join the CBI and Alaq and Sudani in his meeting is very big news…This is big. We have been waiting for this Secretary of Treasury to show up. I am excited to see what the results are after the meeting… Read more…

Foreign currency sale results for Thursday 1-30-2025

Foreign currency sale results for Thursday 1-30-2025

Foreign currency sale results for Thursday 1/30/2025

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Finance confirms its commitment to adopting digital transformation in transactions

Finance confirms its commitment to adopting digital transformation in transactions

2025-01-30 08:31

Shafaq News/ The Ministry of Finance stressed, on Thursday, the importance of adhering to the recommendations of the Council of Ministers to develop financial and banking performance, as well as emphasizing the acceleration of adopting modern electronic systems in the ministry’s formations.

The ministry said in a press statement Read more…

On Trump’s Table: Iraq’s Rafidain Bank Faces Threat of US Sanctions

On Trump’s Table: Iraq’s Rafidain Bank Faces Threat of US Sanctions

2025-01-30 07:29

Shafaq News/ The US Republican representative renewed his attack on Iraq, this time by demanding sanctions on the government-owned Rafidain Bank, accusing it of being a “machine” for laundering money for the Iranian regime and its agents to Read more…

Two experts to {Sabah}: Iraq’s cash reserves are {reassuring}

Two experts to {Sabah}: Iraq’s cash reserves are {reassuring}

2025/01/30

Two economic experts believe that Iraq’s current cash reserves are “reassuring” and are the best compared to previous years.

Iraq ranked third in the Arab world in terms of foreign exchange reserves in 2024, after Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Academic Dr. Nabil Al-Marsoumi told Al-Sabah: “Iraq ranked Read more…

Politician: The new regional government has no choice but to accept Baghdad’s conditions

Politician: The new regional government has no choice but to accept Baghdad’s conditions

1-30-2025

Information/Baghdad…
Political researcher Qasim Al-Tamimi believes that the region is heading towards a new government, which will face difficult choices that will push it to accept the federal government’s conditions regarding oil and non-oil imports.

Al-Tamimi told Al-Maalouma, “The region continues to smuggle oil Read more…

Al-Khalidi: No ministerial change in Al-Sudani’s government at the present time

Al-Khalidi: No ministerial change in Al-Sudani’s government at the present time

1-30-2025

Information/Baghdad…
Former House of Representatives Rapporteur, Mohamed Osman Al-Khalidi, revealed on Thursday that “there will be no ministerial change in Al-Sudani’s government.”

Al-Khalidi said in an interview with Al-Maalouma, “It is too late to make any ministerial change in Al-Sudani’s government, especially since Read more…