Delta - Iraq will have one currency Dec 1st

[rockfl9]

 

My dad is an economist for a large banking instution.  He knows.

You and your father are very correct.

NOW! What does he think about speculating in dinar?

[dontlop]

Thanks katie

Here's the IMF definition it's exactly as you said

MULTIPLE CURRENCY PRACTICES—POLICY

The Executive Board has reviewed the Fund’s policy with respect to multiple currency practices. The Fund shall be guided by the approach outlined in the conclusions set forth below.

1. Official action should not cause exchange rate spreads and cross rate quotations to differ unreasonably from those that arise from the normal commercial costs and risks of exchange transactions.

a. (i) Action by a member or its fiscal agencies that of itself gives rise to a spread of more than 2 percent between buying and selling rates for spot exchange transactions between the member’s currency and any other member’s currency would be considered a multiple currency practice and would require the prior approval of the Fund.

(ii) An exchange spread that arises without official action would not give rise to a multiple currency practice.

(iii) Deviations between the buying and selling rates for spot transactions and for other transactions would not be considered multiple currency practices if they represent the additional costs and exchange risks for these other transactions.

b. Action by a member or its fiscal agencies which results in midpoint spot exchange rates of other members’ currencies against its own currency in a relationship which differs by more than 1 percent from the midpoint spot exchange rates for these currencies in their principal markets would give rise to a multiple currency practice. If the differentials of more than 1 percent in these cross rates persist for more than one week, the resulting multiple currency practice would become subject to the approval of the Fund under Article VIII, Section 3.

When difficulties are encountered in the interpretation and application of these criteria in specific cases, particularly concerning the nature of official actions, the staff will present the relevant information to the Executive Board for its determination.

2. The policy of the Fund on the exercise of its approval jurisdiction over exchange measures subject to Article VIII, as set forth in paragraph 2 of Executive Board Decision No. 1034-(60/27), adopted June 1, 1960, remains broadly appropriate. In accordance with this policy, the Fund will be prepared to grant approval of multiple currency practices introduced or maintained for balance of payments reasons provided the member represents and the Fund is satisfied that the measures are temporary and are being applied while the member is endeavoring to eliminate its balance of payments problems, and provided they do not give the member an unfair competitive advantage over other members or discriminate among members. The Fund will continue to be very reluctant to grant approval for the maintenance of broken cross exchange rates.

3. In accordance with the Fund’s policy on complex multiple currency practices, as stated in Executive Board Decision No. 649-(57/33), adopted June 26, 1957, the Fund will not approve multiple currency practices under complex multiple rate systems unless the countries maintaining them are making reasonable progress toward simplification and ultimate elimination of such systems, or are taking measures or adopting programs which seem likely to result in such progress.

4. While urging members to apply alternative policies not connected with the exchange system, the Fund will be prepared to grant temporary approval of multiple currency practices introduced or maintained principally for nonbalance of payments reasons, provided that such practices do not materially impede the member’s balance of payments adjustment, do not harm the interests of other members, and do not discriminate among members.

5. To assist the Executive Board in reaching a decision concerning approval or nonapproval of a multiple currency practice subject to approval under Article VIII, Section 3, the reasons underlying the practice and its effects will be analyzed in reports on Article IV consultations or in other staff papers dealing with exchange systems. Consistent with the cycle of consultations under Article IV, approval will be granted for periods of approximately one year, in order to provide for a continual review by the Executive Board, except where the practice is maintained only for existing arrangements and for a specified period of time.

Edited November 25, 2013 by dontlop

[caz1104]

Thanks Social.  So many do not understand what this IMF request is about.  Just reading this thread we see comments like single currency, cannot survive on a 2% spread.  Etc.  Confusion for sure.  This term 'multiple currency practice' has nothing to do with two currencies functioning in a country.  Countries like Iraq that live on the dollar will always have dollars.  This problem has to do with transactions within a country at two differnent exchange rates.  The IMF is trying to encourage the CBI to make the price of the dinar consistant within 2% throughout the country.  Doing so they eliminate distortions, and different rates at different places (multiple currency practice).  The CBI, the banks still make normal spreads on sales. 

 

I will try to give you an example;  if your and Iraqi selling dollars, you get 1179 dinar, and if your selling dinars, you get .00085 dollars.   Now if you go to another place within Iraq and sell dollars and get 1218 dinar or if your selling dinar and get .00082 dollars that is an example of multiple currency practice because differnet places have different exchange rates for the same currency transaction.  The IMF does not like this and wants it to be within 2%.

 

My dad is an economist for a large banking instution.  He knows.

Nice to see you posting here again

[ReinMan]

Nice to see someone post something useful for a change.

[ronnie s]

  WHERES FRANK AN DELTA BEEN FOR THE LAST WEEK + ???????????

[ReinMan]

The other "gurus" step in to take your mind off the failed OKIE, Enorste and TerryK pump.

Delta just reported another Iraqia TV sasquatch.

 

12-5-2013   Intel Guru Delta   On Iraqia TV, they are stating the WTO is waiting on Iraq to join, and the last obstacle to join is internationally traded currency.