Daily Links — Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Wednesday's Iraq desk sharpens the redenomination timeline — sources say the 'delete the zeros' file is entering advanced stages with a plan to replace the currency in early 2027 — while the TBI director puts 85% of the monetary mass outside the banking system and flags that transactions with Iran are now subject to measures. Baghdad is also chasing agreements to revive oil exports and secure salaries, rolling out a new refinery economic model, and there's a fresh U.S. arms deal on the table. The bigger picture keeps escalating: after Trump's new strikes, Iran targets a Marine barracks in Jordan and sends drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait. On the systems side, the 'User's Guide to Restructuring the Global Trading System' paper, 21 financial giants forming a G7 stablecoin venture, and a hard look at engineered food crises. Here's everything on the desk.
Iraq & the Dinar
- Sources to Al-Mustaqila: the 'delete the zeros' file is entering advanced stages — a plan to replace the Iraqi currency in early 2027 — Al-Mustaqila (Arabic)
- TBI director: 85% of the monetary mass is outside the banking system, and transactions with Iran are subject to measures — Economy News
- PM's office director: intensive diplomatic efforts leading to agreements to revive oil exports and secure salaries — Mawazin
- Iraq implements a new economic model in oil refineries to boost the state budget — Channel 8
- A U.S. arms deal for Iraq — Al-Sabah
Money & Markets
- 'A User's Guide to Restructuring the Global Trading System' (PDF) — policy paper
- 21 financial giants form a venture for G7 stablecoins — Cointelegraph
- How to engineer a food crisis — Unshadowed
Around the World
- Iran targets a Marine barracks in Jordan, sends drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait after Trump's new strikes — ZeroHedge
- VIPS memo: dangerous talk of Putin's 'loss' in Ukraine — Consortium News
- The Leipzig incident has all the hallmarks of a false flag — Andrew Korybko
Home Front
- Suspect and victim dead after Times Square knife attacks, police say — NBC New York
- Times Square stabbing victim was a Bank of America VP — ZeroHedge
- NY prosecutor says he was told to 'find crimes' to target Trump allies — ZeroHedge
- Chicago to shut down the Obama Presidential Center with liens over unpaid contractors — Dunning-Kruger-Times (satire)
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