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Three days to Kyiv!
Sanctioned to the stone age!
Are you suggesting that a 21% interest rate is a sign of a healthy economy?
No, but it doesn't seem a lot
Did you never take high school economics or did you just sleep through it?
I just assume they're all 13 and haven't taken the class yet
In contrast to what Lemmy or any other internet community is claiming, I do not know economics enough to say what's happening with the Russian economy for certain.
But what can I see, is that inflation is not as high as in 2022 or 2014 and Russian authorities have downed the amount of foreign currency a company that sells something for dollars should exchange for roubles. And the war is still going on.
So.. notwithstanding the colossal sanctions, Russia is still standing 🤷🏼♂️ but the west has run out of things that they can sanction. Unless you think that potash, ammonia, natural gas, and nuclear fuel would be sanctioned in the near future. In this case, please consult reality. The choice that we're about to see made is between abandoning Ukraine and military intervention.
You don't have to know more than basic high school economics to understand why a 21% interest rate is disastrous for any nation. Russia isn't special.
Russia had 18 for a long time and it didn't look like a big deal. All these talks look exactly like reversed copium meme from 2022
See... the problem with saying things like this on the Internet is that people can check right away and see that you're saying something that isn't true.
https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/interest-rate
No, this is a good reality check. Still we can see how the rate has dropped from 20 to 8 like nothing
How can we see that it did that "like nothing" from that chart? Do you think the number is just come up with arbitrarily or something? If that's the case, why ever change the interest rate at all? Just always keep it at that magic 18% of yours.
I was wrong about 18 being "for a long time". Still, if it's indeed a measure to regulate inflation, it worked previously, why wouldn't it work this time?
You need to decide whether you're wrong or not.
Don't play Trump's card here. I was wrong in one argument, thank you for pointing it out, but overall it doesn't seem that the claim that "Russia is collapsing due to sanctions and war" has been damaged in any way
I think you need to go back and look at the comment chain, because you decided to respond to my link showing you that the 18% claim wasn't true a second time with a couple of links that also showed it wasn't true with some popcorn bucket emojis.
So you might want to tell that you that this you thinks you're wrong.
You sound very emotionally invested in this conversation, so I stop it right now. If you are still interested in the answer, please read the comment in another branch.
Please take care and don't forget to drink water today.
Bro got exposed for their own dumb comments and gave up
Dumb? Where?
You not being able to decide whether or not you're right about the 18% thing has nothing to do with my emotions and everything to do with yours.
Bwahaha. Just take the L, Chief.
Or don't... 🍿🍿🍿🍿
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_National_Wealth_Fund
Another good metric to predict Russia's collapse
https://www.statista.com/statistics/276323/monthly-inflation-rate-in-russia/
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Do you think either of those links makes your 18% claim true?
Because otherwise I'm not sure why you replied to my comment a second time with those links after showing you that it wasn't true. Those links also show it isn't true.
Hook me up with your dealer, as it seems they have some pretty potent stuff.
I wish my emotions could sculpt my perceptions as massively as yours do for you.
Ignorance truly is bliss.
Next stop: find out.