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Re:Putin signs law to seize funds of officials that exceed d... by kelseyfrog on Sunday March 06, 2022 @01:51PM (#30579984)
Inflation in Russia has been greater than 50% per month in the last year?
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Re:Putin signs law to seize funds of officials that exceed d... by veganhouseDJ on Sunday March 06, 2022 @02:40PM (#30580475)
The ruble has lost about that vs USD since Feb 21/22nd and that is with a crazy 10% emergency rate hike between then and now to defend the ruble.
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Re:Putin signs law to seize funds of officials that exceed d... by kelseyfrog on Sunday March 06, 2022 @03:22PM (#30580893)
I probably have something to learn here when I ask, exchange rates are being used to infer Russian inflation a la https://www.economicsdiscussion.net/exchange-rate/nominal-an... because Russian cpi/wpi numbers are not available/trustworthy on the short timescales we're dealing with here?
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