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Macro advisory in moscow. He said the situation for the russian currency is unique. You should not be looking at it in the same way as if there was a slide in a normally functioning economy or a european economy. The rouble is entirely managed now by the central bank in conjunction with the Finance Ministry, and has been since we last saw the rouble collapse down to about 130 in march of last year. So the Central Banks priority last year was to keep the Rouble Exchange rate high at around 60, because it was tackling inflation, but this year, because of the sanctions impact and because that has led to a big hit on the value of russias oil exports in particular, they have devalued the rouble in order to compensate for that fall in dollar terms. In other words, weaker rouble translating dollars into a higher rouble amount ....
The International Energy agency has revealed that lng now makes up 35 of europes energy supplies, not far off the 40 contribution that russia made before it was sanctioned over ukraine. Joining me now is ben mcwilliams, whos an Affiliate Fellow at bruegel. Thank you very much for being with us today. What are your concerns about where gas prices could go if these workers do indeed strike . This is certainly a concern, but to be clear up front, nothing comparable to last year. The position we are in is that, as you mentioned, as russian Pipeline Supplies have been cut over the last 12 months, the eu and uk have become more dependent on liquefied national gas. Natural gas. Australia typically supplies asia. If it were cut to asian consumers, we would see asian consumers turning around and looking to qatar and co ....
Good morning. You have been crunching the numbers, they have just come out. They sound like they are doing very well. It does, doesnt it . They are benefiting from Rising Interest Rates all around the world, not just in the uk. Hsbc is a global buying and we have had Interest Rate rises everywhere, they have cashed in on back. Margin up by a0 basis points and revenues increased as a result. Cashed in on that. Most of the money they are making is in asia, i assume . Yes, pretty much. They are looking at good performances in commercial banking, transaction banking, things like that. Its looking pretty solid across the board. ,. , board. There was this whole roblem board. There was this whole problem with board. There was this whole problem with their board. There was this whole problem with their biggest l problem with their biggest shareholder in china wanting to split u ....