*Misc Gurus 11-15-2013

[Vixen]

11-14-2013 *TNT Tony [via Already Blessed] ~JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH TONY AND HE SAYS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY.

11-14-2013 *Tlar ~"Central Bank plans to issue bonds in local currency for the first time since 2003" I think it is a necessary part of the puzzle and I'm very happy to see it. I was hoping to see this kind of thing as I am happy to see the Tariffs are starting to be implemented. Also the payments system is another piece to the puzzle. It represents a change of the way they have been doing business that says to me preparations are being made to change monetary policy.

11-14-2013 *Loechin ~I have not heard of any announcement made. [is the window still open now? Are you still hearing good things?] yes.

11-15-2013 *TNT Tony ~The RV activation was scheduled for today, the time was set first for late last night and then moved to the early morning. In the morning, the people that need to know were informed that the RV would go live by the close of business today. Guess what, that didn't happen either. We scrambled for hours to try to find out why we didn't have an RV by 7pm (the latest time it was to be activated) and about 9:45pm est we finally got our answer.It seems that the correct timing and/or procedures were not executed. Don't worry, the process continues and corrections are being made. They are trying to fix things now, but they need the help of some of the team that is still in Iraq. Things will look better tomorrow... It is not a problem, it will be processed properly and in half the time.

11-15-2013 *EXOGEN ~Fox news had a short clip on the imminent revaluation of the dinar and 2 other currencies, wasn't there long.

11-15-2013 *BGG ~Dr Shabibi had 3 tools in mind...1) auctions...2) tarriffs...3) and taxes...all to regulate the value of the currency. with not much economy - there isn't much tax revenue...with Maliki stonewalling - no tarriffs...they were hamstrung by nothing getting done. [Bonds will replace auctions, right?] yes - only the flow goes the opposite direction. instead of regulating the value based on how much you sell the Dinar for...they will sell bonds and regulate the value based on how much they "allow you" for your currency on the way in...auctions = money going out, bond sales = money coming in...several BIG advantages...they are creating the "financing" to bolster the value of the Dinar...they are "regulating" the value of the Dinar...and they are taking in the 000 notes at the same time. The bond issue is very big news.

11-15-2013 *Enorrste ~Economic Reform Law must be passed prior to the float and this could take awhile. The bill was sent back from Parliament to the Government for revision. Parliament is out until the 17th and now is talking about taking a vacation until mid-December. In other words, it doesn't look promising for the remainder of this year. However, the CBI is moving forward slowly with their attempts to get the spread between the market rate and the official rate under 2%. If they succeed, then they could move from Article 14 to Article 8 of the IMF charter, which would allow them to go ahead with the float of the currency, even without the passage of the Economic Reform Law. It is all a mess right now and we have to wait.