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28/11/14
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Originally posted by boxhillnorth
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What will the roubles buy?
Certainly not what they are used to as sanctions cut out a lot of imported goods and devaluation is already masdsive in the last few months.
There are going to be a lot of unhappy Russians. I think Vlad is going to have a pop to the downside in the popularity stakes.
The big point is that something major on the surprise front could come out of this oil collapse.
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Russia:
Rouble devaluation contras lower oil receipts,
and creates 'other export' rouble
+ve margins.
CB reportedly exchanging paper reserves for internally mined gold.
When gold is repriced up; margin may be sought.
The Russian bear on the 'commodity
cycle' could transform into a bull,
quicker than one could say:
'Californian economy with no debt'.