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Iraqi Dinar Devaluation 2026: What the New 1,500 Rate Means If You Hold IQD
Iraq devalued the dinar to 1,500. Is it step one of the revaluation or the end of it? What it costs you, what each camp says, and the 4 tests to watch.
David E Atterton
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How to Make a Dinar Windfall Last: The Spending Rate, the Income and the Fees
How an IQD revaluation windfall becomes income for life: the 3% to 4% spending rate, a bond floor, low-cost growth, and what fees and yearly tax take.
Intelligence Research Reports
IR-030 The Window: Making It Last
The Window closes on the question every report was walking toward: what the parked money becomes. The spending rate that lasts 40 years, the floor and the engine, what management really costs, the yearly tax, and the one page that holds it together.
dinar-brief
Iraqi Dinar Brief - October 9, 2026: Iraq Goes First
The free dinar summary for October 9, 2026: Iraq Goes First.
Iraq Goes First
Iraq's cut to 1,500 is step one of three. The new notes, small notes, coins, gold and oil Iraq has lined up, and why the wait looks short.
dinar-brief
Iraqi Dinar Brief - October 8, 2026: The Day the IQD Shut Baghdad's Markets
The free dinar summary for October 8, 2026: The Day the IQD Shut Baghdad's Markets.
The Day the IQD Shut Baghdad's Markets
Iraq's new dinar rate shut Baghdad's wholesale markets on day one and the street dollar rose. What Baghdad did, and what reopens the doors.
dinar-brief
Iraqi Dinar Brief - October 7, 2026: Devalue, Delete, Revalue
The free dinar summary for October 7, 2026: Devalue, Delete, Revalue.
Daily Briefing
Devalue, Delete, Revalue
Iraq's 1,500 proposal and the plan to delete the zeros came in one statement. We test the devalue, delete, revalue theory against the record.
dinar-brief
Iraqi Dinar Brief - October 6, 2026: Iraq Refuses a Weaker Dinar
The free dinar summary for October 6, 2026: Iraq Refuses a Weaker Dinar.
Iraq Refuses a Weaker Dinar
The IQD devaluation story lasted 19 hours. The coalition called the finance minister in. Parliament wants his dollar figure explained.
dinar-brief
Iraqi Dinar Brief - October 5, 2026: Iraq Drops the Borrowing Law
The free dinar summary for October 5, 2026: Iraq Drops the Borrowing Law.