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An erosion in purchasing power implied by high domestic inflation could weigh it down further, as also a drop in the exchange rate itself, as price-inelastic imports get even dearer in local money.

Paid for it in rubles and the treasury department would not allow it to go through. remember, theyve got all of these dollar assets around the world in american banks that they cant get their hands on. the ruble, by the way, the ruble has been manipulated over the last few days. trying to save the ruble, very difficult to determine what the real value is of the ruble at this point. the economy is crashing there. the markets have crashed. the economy is crashing there in russia and theres no ques...

Russian troops now having been sent there. but the biggest deployment since post-war history, amassing on the russian side of the border with ukraine. with more than 100,000 troops that vladimir putin has been building up, as part of this ongoing diplomatic leverage, kristi, that hes being trying to achieve to essentially get nato to push back on its boundaries, to get nato to shrink back in some way towards the post-soviet time. because, of course, nato has expanded quite significantly since th...

Weve _ dollarisation, and the malpractice. weve increased 42% the money supply in the _ weve increased 42% the money supply in the united states over the last 22 months. i want to restate that, 41% more — 22 months. i want to restate that, 41% more dollars in m2, its showing up in _ 41% more dollars in m2, its showing up in inflation data all over the world, — up in inflation data all over the world, its— up in inflation data all over the world, its corrupting prices and is actually— wor...

Low 3s, which means we have the bigger economy, we are growing faster, everything is on our side. eric: what if they start selling treasuries and the debt, people are scared to that? they wouldnt even do that? >> well, they are selling our treasuries, theyve got to, their most important concern is supporting because they are word about capital play, since the middle of 2014 theyve been selling dollar assets, as a matter of fact last month they sold $22.7 billion, they say they probably sold a lo...

Is to sell first and ask questions later, maybe toward the end of the day, people start to get a feel for how to process it put it in context, there is no way to do that. >> steve if they are selling, what are they buying? are they just selling stocks and buying gold? is it one of those deals, just protecting their money? what are they selling? >> a great question, chuck, because they are selling oil and selling gold and what it looks like right now, running for the safety of the dollar and doll...