By Jim Probasco Updated March 21, 2022
Here's a simple system for assessing your fiscal fitness
Many experts suggest that people make a point of conducting a personal financial checkup on an annual basis or after a major life event (such as a marriage, divorce, birth, or death). The question is, what does that mean exactly? To make sure you don’t miss something critical to your financial well-being, here are the main topics you should plan to cover.
A financial checkup is a systematic look at the complete state of your finances.
It can be useful to perform a financial checkup annually and after any major life event, such as a marriage, divorce, birth, or death.
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Samson: The Central Bank of Iraq: The exchange rate cannot be changed, and this is the size of the gold and currency reserves
2nd July, 2022
The Central Bank of Iraq revealed today, Saturday, the size of the gold reserves in the country, and while it expected the hard currency reserves to reach 90 billion US dollars, it confirmed that it was not possible to change the exchange rate.
Deputy Central Bank Governor Ammar Khalaf said in a statement to a number of media outlets, including Shafak News Agency, that "it is hoped that the bank's reserves of hard currency will reach 90 billion US dollars," explaining, "We now have more than 70 billion dollars."
Khalaf pointed out that "Iraq's gold reserves are currently more than 100 tons, after we bought more than 30 tons during this period."
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The Minister Of Finance Announces The Submission Of A Study To Reform Government Banks
Economie| 10:43 - 02/07/2022 Baghdad - Mawazine News, Minister of Finance, Ali Abdul Amir Allawi, announced today, Saturday, the submission of a study to reform government banks.
Allawi said at the Fifth Finance and Banking Services Exhibition in Iraq, which was followed by / Mawazine News /, that "the Ministry of Finance saw an urgent need to develop the resources of the economy," noting that "it is not possible to manage things with the duplication and dominance of the public sector and Iraq is a free economy."
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Tishwash: The Central Bank: The assets of the banking sector grew by 21% in two years
The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank, Ammar Hamad Khalaf, confirmed, on Saturday, that the assets of the banking and credit sector grew significantly during the period from 2019 to 2022.
Khalaf said in a speech during the Fifth Finance and Banking Services Exhibition in Iraq, which was attended by "Al-Iqtisad News", that "the assets of the banking sector grew by 21%, as well as total credit by 25% during the period from 2019 to 2022."
He added, "Accounts doubled to more than 7 million open bank accounts, as well as electronic payment cards, which rose from 10 million to more than 14 million cards, and ATMs increased to more than 1,500 machines and points of sale to more than 7,000."
After the framework initiative... a "semi-final" Kurdish consensus to choose the president of the republic
Posted On2022-06-30 By Sotaliraq On Thursday, a representative from the Al-Fateh Alliance, Suhaila Al-Sultani, confirmed that the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union had reached a near-final agreement on the position of the next President of the Republic.
Sultani said in a statement that “the coordination framework put forward an initiative that facilitated the agreement and ended the crisis between the two parties,” stressing that, “the formation of the government will take place after the official announcement of the personality of the President of the Republic from the two parties and voting on it in the parliament in the coming days.”
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MarkZ Disclaimer: Please consider everything on this call as my opinion. People who take notes do not catch everything and its best to watch the video so that you get everything in context. Be sure to consult a professional for any financial decisions
Member: Happy Independence Day Weekend Patriots & Fellow RVers
Member: Good Morning! Waiting for the FIREWORKS to begin…..
MZ: Well it is wicked slow right now, on the news front…….There is a lot of expectations for Tuesday from the bond folks…..but that and $10 bucks will buy you a cup of coffee at McDonalds…..
MZ: The last 36 hours has been very, very quiet……It’s like we hit a “silence” wall. Hopefully that is a good thing and we will soon wake up to a new world…just manage your expectations right now because it is just that quiet …
