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By Rhod Mackenzie

The global reversal of Russian trade from west to east and south has taken place, the Federal Customs Service ( FCS) stated. The sanctions have helped boost trade with countries including China, India, Turkey and Azerbaijan. However, the drastic change in logistics have inevitab...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The core rate of inflation in the euro area in June increased, according to Eurostat, to 5.5% in annual terms and exceeded the expectations of specialists who had predicted 5.4%. In May, we recall, this indicator, which does not take into account the most volatile prices - for el...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Despite an almost 45% increase in LNG supplies from the US, Europe continues to receive it from Russia. Why it turned out to be more difficult to abandon Russian gas than Brussels had hoped for.

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By Rhod Mackenzie

The share of US government debt in the reserves of foreign countries continues to decline. According to data from the US Treasury Department, in May, China and Japan set the tone for the continued decline in foreign investment, especially energetically getting rid of US governmen...

By Rhod Mackenzie

J P Morgan, the largest US bank, believes that investors who bet that the US dollar will continue to reign supreme in the global financial system do not take into account a number of factors. The main ones, writes Bloomberg, are the growing political instability in the United Sta...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The statements of the representatives of the Central Bank and the statements of the leaders of the mega-regulator, made recently, indicate that with a high degree of probability the key rate will be increased from the current 7.5%. If this actually happens - it is possible that o...