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TexasTowelie

(128,150 posts)
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 10:42 PM Oct 2025

Russia's Surprise Decision - Joe Blogs



Russia has lowered interest rates even though inflation remains high and unemployment is at historic lows.
Cutting rates under these conditions suggests that supporting economic activity has become a priority, and that the momentum behind the war-driven economy is weakening.

In this video, we look at:
• Why the rate cut was made now
• Real wage trends and cost pressure on companies
• The slowdown in industrial and defence-linked production
• Civilian industry contraction and labour shortages
• What this tells us about the sustainability of Russia’s current economic model

For specific details please check out the CHAPTER list below.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:41 RATES
1:48 INFLATION
3:04 G20
5:48 WORLD
7:16 WAGES
9:08 UNEMPLOYMENT
10:03 WAR ECONOMY
12:25 SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
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Russia's Surprise Decision - Joe Blogs (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2025 OP
Trump's going to want to mirror that. Watch Captain Zero Oct 2025 #1

Captain Zero

(8,952 posts)
1. Trump's going to want to mirror that. Watch
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 10:53 PM
Oct 2025

Trump wants to bring down rates more than they've come down anyway and he's going to use this as a justification to do it or to rag on the FED to do it

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