EPI 065 - The Ultimate Cost of Sanctions

On episode 65, we take a more geo political macro angle, looking at little bit of the history and context of the Ukrainian conflict with Russia, and the unintended consequence of the western sanctions, in accordance to this conflict. After all, the region of Russia and Ukraine have far more economic impact than most people realize, or at least that the media shares. From wheat, to oil, natural gas and many other raw commodities. The expanding relations in the eastern hemisphere building their trade relations and showing signs of pushing out the US dollar as necessary tool for commodity trading between nations. There is still a lot of tension geo politically, meanwhile markets have shown resilience in the face of rate hikes (although only 25 basis points) with risk on appetite back on. Stay alert and vigilant. The macro story of economic conflict is not over yet.