Posts Tagged ‘U.S. Dollar (USD)’

Date: Sunday, 20-05-2012 12: 25 pm

Baghdad (News)/report/Hussein Faleh/… Confusion reigned on the political landscape and extends to the economic situation, the outcome because the capital “sissy” and come to a place other than content as Iraq.

Affects the country continuing political crises hampered investment and enact laws which would help the national economy, which received blows for decades because of war and through the economic blockade and the fall of the Saddam regime, leading to chronic political problems since 2003. (more…)

Date: Sunday, 13-05-2012 02: 14 pm

Baghdad (newsletter) …Detect Economist Salim Al-Bayati, of the intention of the Government to take new measures within the next two months will be to raise the price of the Iraqi dinar against the dollar, noting that the absence of oil policy were the most important factors of the high price of the u.s. dollar. (more…)

A number of economists from the negative repercussions that could affect, directly on the fluctuation of exchange rates of the local currency of the Iraqi dinar in the country, emphasizing in conversations for (newspaper Citizen) “: that the central bank does not have the ability to control the value of Iraqi dinar against the Dollar, demanding them of the need to take effective action to increase the value of local currency in the country. economist behind Kanani “: called to the need to speed up the control of the prices of the domestic currency in the country, what are its fluctuations in value in recent weeks. and Kanani”: to

The use of a group of financial experts and economists working on international risk mitigation of the problems that will arise on the currency, Mdzma “: that the entry of the international experience of economic and financial will help the central bank to control the Iraqi dinar exchange rate.

He added: “The value of Iraqi dinar fluctuated as a result the demand for the dollar this, which led to lack of control over the Iraqi dinar, despite authorized by the Central Bank and its ability to control exchange rates, but it’s just a statement (unsuccessfully) to limit the words and reflect the health of what we see in the Iraqi street due to increased demand for the dollar.

said Kanani at the end of his talk with the (newspaper Citizen) “: that of neighboring states is the actual cause behind the lack of stability of the dinar Iraq as a result the demand for the dollar and the resulting inability of the central bank to maintain the value of the local currency. and cycle saw an economist, Ghassan al-Amiri, “The monetary policy in Iraq should aim to reduce the impact of fluctuating exchange rate of Iraqi dinar on the inflation rates in the country.

The Ameri’s (newspaper Citizen)”: that the issue of the dinar exchange rate should be considered to in the overall monetary policy framework of the state, stressing that the volatility evident in the Iraqi dinar exchange rate could lead to loss of confidence of local citizens Bammelth.

He said, adding: “that the fluctuation of the value of Iraqi dinar against the U.S. dollar continued and growing daily, without that there will be control of the real by the Central Bank!! Suggest Amri”: the most important ways to control the value of Iraqi dinar is to work on finding additional sources to bring the currency Alajnah of the Iraqi market and the need to work to find the products effectively such as the development of Iraqi industries, agricultural and strengthening trade exchange between countries that have trade exchange among traders only in local currency. For his part, Vice Governor of the Central Bank of the appearance of Mohammed, “The Bank is continuing to hold Mzhadath daily aim to create a balance price between the dollar and the dinar.

However, the benefit confirmed in a statement: “The central touch recently mismatch between the needs of the market from the dollar and what is being purchased in daily auctions of the coin, which invited him to look carefully about the reasons for this popularity is not reasonable to buy the dollar at a time does not require the volume of exchanges, only a quarter of what is being pumped from the dollar.

The government has formed a committee to follow up the issue of the rise of the dollar and the fluctuation of exchange rates of the Iraqi dinar headed by Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussain al-Shahristani, prompting surprise economists that the Committee did not include experts from the Central Bank is on this issue as it did not include economists and limited to the Secretary General of the Council of Ministers and is known not to his knowledge of economic matters as the Chairman of the Committee has no experience in this matter, a specialist energy things in addition to other employees are not interested in the case.

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Date: Friday, 13-04-2012 11: 11 am

Baghdad (newsletter) … Anticipating Economic Committee decision on coalition bloc MP/alkordstanet/mohama Khalil a deficit in the budget of the current year in the case of continuing political conflicts in the country, which would create economic problems difficult to solve. (more…)

07/04/2012

Confirmed the decision of the Commission in the Chamber of Deputies, said Saturday that the dinar will “ recovery against the US dollar over the set of actions to be taken.

Mohama Khalil said of the Iraqi State television when asked about the probability of survival of the dinar on what is now the u.s. dollar, the dinar will recover ” US dollar across a range of actions to be taken by the Government of Iraq and by the Central Bank of Iraq as the highest authority of the “ cash. (more…)

VietFinanceNews.com – After more than a month of keeping the interbank exchange rate unchanged, the State Bank of Viet Nam yesterday raised the forex by VND10 to VND20,813 per dollar, its highest level this year.

The interbank dollar exchange rate has advanced VND185 per dollar, or 0.9 per cent, since September when the central bank committed to keeping the forex fluctuation under 1 per cent until the end of this year.

Following the move, Vietcombank yesterday also lifted the dollar exchange rates by VND8-10 over the previous day to VND21,015/21,019. Vietinbank quoted the greenback at VND21,018/21,021 while Eximbank and ACB figures were VND21,000/21,021. (more…)

VietFinanceNews.com – The big differential between local and international gold prices – at some US$1 million a tael now – has exerted little pressure on the exchange rate at home, but many experts still predict forex volatility at the year’s end.

The inter-bank exchange rate on Monday was still maintained by the central bank at VND20,628, allowing banks to quote the U.S. dollar at a maximum VND20,834 given the trading band of 1%. The dollar on the unofficial market on Monday afternoon traded at VND21,040-VND21,090, a slight fall of VND10 against last weekend.

However, experts all agreed that the pressure on the exchange rate will be high at the end of the year due to the rising need for the greenback among enterprises at the time coupled with a possible rise in trade deficit.

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Forex ruling could lead to dual pricing

VietFinanceNews.com – The State Bank of Viet Nam has shown its determination to stabilise the exchange rate, ensuring a maximum change of 1 per cent for the rest of the year.

The bank justified its decision, saying that the balance of payment (BOP) surplus could reach between US$2.5 billion and $4.5 billion while foreign currency reserves have also increased significantly. In addition, the central bank has also applied many measures to curb credit growth in US dollars.

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Zawya Dow Jones/Dubai

Kuwait’s top banker said he remained content with the peg of the dinar to a basket of currencies as it has helped shield the local economy from US dollar fluctuations and increase stability, at a time of volatility in global currency markets.

Kuwait Central Bank governor Sheikh Salem Abdulaziz al-Sabah told Zawya Dow Jones in an emailed response to questions that the dinar’s peg to a currency basket “is assessed as having assisted in shielding Kuwait from the often volatile fluctuations in the values of other currencies, and in turn inducing a measure of stability to the local economy.”

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Today, Monday, August 15, 2011, marks the 40th anniversary of the US default on the dollar’s convertibility into gold. It was the world’s de facto reserve currency and thus began an experiment with a reserve fiat currency that was doomed to failure before it began, because there has never been a successful fiat currency in all of history.

August 15, 1971 was just like any other day for most people, and President Nixon’s unprecedented decision to cut the US dollar’s gold international convertibility was largely ignored by the public. The majority of citizens didn’t understand the implications for their financial future. Contrast that to today, where a historic downgrade of US debt and a very public $2-trillion increase of the debt ceiling dominated headlines and the television news.

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VietFinanceNews.com – The demand for the U.S. dollar is outpacing supply, unveiling big foreign exchange risks for both enterprises and the economy by the end of the year, experts said at a conference in HCMC last week.

Le Xuan Nghia, vice chairman of the National Financial Supervisory Committee, told the conference on Thursday that dollar supply was ample now as borrowers converted their dollar debts to Vietnam dong funds. But the risk is embedded in such a situation and will pose a big risk when such debts become due by around the end of the year, he said.

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VietFinanceNews.com – Increasingly high outstanding foreign currency loans coupled with “surging gold export” are believed to be attributable to the recent uncertainty in the foreign currency market. Still, hardly has any move been recognised in order to ease such emerging concerns.

The latest government’s report shows the State bank’s purchases of US $4 billion since the beginning of the year, which has significantly improved the current foreign currency reserves, yet seem to hit the foreign currency liquidity. The credit growth in dong has failed to keep up with that in foreign currencies for the first half of the year.

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VietFinanceNews.com – The central bank needs to raise its key interest rates by another 100bps this month to manage inflation expectations, said ANZ it its July report about emerging Asian eonomics.

Despite the continued moderation in growth of real activity, inflation pressures persist and warrant continued tightening of monetary and fiscal policies, it reasoned.

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VietFinanceNews.com – Although the foreign exchange rate has been stable for two months now under positive impact of the central bank’s monetary policy, experts say pressure is still piling on the forex rate in the near term.

HSBC in its recent Asia Economics Third Quarter 2011 said the persistently large trade deficit is on the list of economic concerns in Vietnam, with the aggregate shortfall in the first five months 19% higher than a year ago. Such a wide trade deficit will adversely affect the rate, the bank says in its report and expects the forex rate will be VND21,500 to the dollar by the year’s end compared to the current VND20,620 at banks.

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VietFinanceNews.com – In the backdrop of the current lingering high inflation, the Saigon Times hosts an e-mail roundtable meeting of young economists who discuss some possible measures to address the issue

Some participants contend that the administrative measures affecting the foreign exchange will have short-term effects. Dr. Pham The Anh from the National Economics University, remarks, “Simply put, it is the switch of speculations from the foreign exchange and gold markets to the domestic currency market as the dong interest rate proves very enticing. The switch is unfolding not only on the exchange and gold markets but also on the realty market.”

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VietFinanceNews.com – Curbing the decline of the dong has been a pressing policy concern. The analysis below offers some insights into policymaking that may prove useful for efforts to restore the stature of the dong.

Like it or not, the dong is closely tied with, if not pegged to, the greenback. This relationship is unavoidable since the U.S. dollar is often a currency of choice for Vietnam’s international transactions and a basis for quoting domestic prices. Notably, there is a constant effort to strike a balance between stability and flexibility in the value of the greenback and the dong. However, forex rate adjustments usually trail behind market forces and must conform to the Government’s subjective stance.

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VietFinanceNews.com – Gold and foreign currency speculation has dropped after the government’s recent crackdown on unofficial trading. In light of this trend, realty and securities traders expected that some money would flow into these channels. It has turned out not to be the case.

Nguyen Thi Ha from Giang Vo, Hanoi, is rather reticent to make new investment decisions even though she just earned VND2 billion ($95,693) by selling a house worth nearly VND6 billion ($287,081).

In order to obey government’s regulations, Ha’s decided not to put her assets on gold or foreign currency. After careful consideration, she had to go back to real estate rather than securities as for investment. But it is still a difficult decision because land prices are on the rise.

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VietFinanceNews.com – Despite the state’s ban on listing prices in foreign currencies, especially U.S. dollars, and the threat of stricter enforcement against violations, many businesses in Ho Chi Minh City these days still list their prices of goods and services in the dollar.

This is common at travel companies, tourist resorts, beauty parlors and motorbike shops. Listing the prices of goods and services in foreign currencies not only goes against the law but hurt the consumers’ interest as well.

Violation

T., resident of HCM City’s District 3, said he asked Perfect Tours Travel Company, located at 273B An Duong Vuong St., Dist. 5, to complete and submit his US visa application for him.

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VietFinanceNews.com – A reliable source from the State Bank of Vietnam, the country’s central bank (SBV) said from this week the dong/US dollar exchange rate announced daily by SBV will be more versatile and flexible than the previous weeks. With this change, the daily fluctuation of the forex rate will be larger.

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VietFinanceNews.com – The State Bank of Viet Nam has asked credit institutions licensed to provide foreign exchange services to sell foreign currencies in cash to citizens.

According to Document 2033/NHNN-QLNH sent to commercial banks last Saturday, the central bank’s Governor Nguyen Van Giau called on commercial banks to help citizens, who have a legal demand for foreign currencies, open international debit and credit cards for spending money abroad.

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Most foreign exchange points in Ho Chi Minh City stopped transactions in US dollar on March 11, due to fear of inspections from relevant authorities leading customers completing transactions in banks.

Three days ago, foreign exchange points maintained normal operations while announcing trading at VND21.400 to US$1. They now refuse to buy the dollar and have stopped all dealings.

An employee at a gold shop said that since the authorities had been cracking down on foreign exchange traders for the last few days, gold shops dared not transact in dollars publicly any longer.

Many shops traded mainly in gold, especially gold jewellery and others suspended all foreign currency transactions.

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VietFinanceNews.com – On January 27, the VND/USD exchange rate on the free market in Hanoi traded at 20,930 – 21.000 dong/US dollar (bid and ask), according to Lao Dong newspaper.

Compared with the exchange rate that was quoted on the banking system at 19.500 dong/US dollar, the exchange rate on the free market is now higher than 10.7 percent.

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VietFinanceNews.com – During the past decade, the government of Vietnam has continued to use a loose monetary policy to stimulate growth but it ignored some fundamental reforms.

In December, 2010, Vietnam’s inflation was up to 11.75 percent over the same period last year – the highest level in 22 months. dong continued be to weakened against the US dollar.
All these factors are making investors afraid to hold the assets and cash flows are leaving Vietnam.

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Schedule of UN Operational Rates of Exchange

The Operational Rates of Exchange were last updated 13 December 2010 for the effective date of 15 December 2010 and thereafter until further notice.
Publishing Date Effective Date
29 Dec 2010 31 Dec 2010 / 1 Jan 2011

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VietFinanceNews.com – Benedict Bingham, Chief Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Vietnam had an interview with NDHMoney on the issues of exchange rate and interest rate in Vietnam.

Talking about the gap of nearly 2,000 dong per US dollar between official and unofficial FX rate and the sudden rises of saving and lending rates in the recent weeks, Bingham said the first thing is to determine where the pressure on FX market comes from. According to IMF’s representative, the pressure does not come from the shortage of supply. If looking at the balance of payments, current account deficit is fairly large, but it could be offset by FDI inflows.

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