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| Subject: Sell the motherfucker short: Russia lifts interest rates as rouble, markets tumble amid Ukraine strife Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:06 am | |
| Russia's central bank has hiked its key lending rate to 7 per cent from 5.5 per cent, after local stocks plunged and the rouble dropped to a record low.
The Russian rouble fell as much as 2.3 per cent to an all-time low against the US dollar, but trimmed losses after the central bank's move and was recently trading at 36.37 per US dollar, down 1.4 per cent for the day.
The country's stock market also took a beating, with the Micex stock index plunging as much as 8 per cent in early trade.
"The decision is directed at preventing risks to inflation and financial stability associated with the increased level of volatility in the financial markets," the central bank said in a statement, without offering any further details.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/russia-lifts-interest-rates-as-rouble-markets-tumble-amid-ukraine-strife-20140303-340ah.html#ixzz2usvf3jWs _________________ Anarcho Capitalists Retail , OZschwitz Downunder BoutiqueAnarcho-Capitalists,AnCaps Forum,Anti-State,Anti-Statist,Inalienable Rights Defenders,Non-Aggression Principle,Non-Initiation of Force Principle,Rothbardians,Anarchist,Capitalist,objectivism,Ayn Rand,Anarcho-Capitalism,Anarcho-Capitalist,politics,libertarianism,Ancap Forum,Anarchist Forum,Vulgar Libertarians,Hippies of The Right,Forum for Anarcho-Capitalist,Forum for Anarcho-Capitalists,Forum for AnCap,Forum for AnCaps,Libertarian,Anarcho-Objectivist,Freedom, Laissez Faire, Free Trade, Black Market, Randroid, Randroids, Rothbardian, AynArchist, Anarcho-Capitalist Forum, Anarchism, Anarchy, Free Market Anarchism, Free Market Anarchy, Market Anarchy
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