Russia’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by two percentage points to a record-high 21% in an effort to combat growing inflation.

Russia’s central bank on Friday raised its key interest rate by two percentage points to a record-high 21% in an effort to stem growing inflation as massive government spending on the military amid the fighting in Ukraine strains the economy’s capacity to produce goods and services and drives up workers’ wages.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    18 days ago

    I think you need to go back and look at the comment chain, because you decided to respond to my link showing you that the 18% claim wasn’t true a second time with a couple of links that also showed it wasn’t true with some popcorn bucket emojis.

    So you might want to tell that you that this you thinks you’re wrong.

    • humblebun@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      123·
      18 days ago

      You sound very emotionally invested in this conversation, so I stop it right now. If you are still interested in the answer, please read the comment in another branch.

      Please take care and don’t forget to drink water today.