Although the dollar is currently very strong in international markets, the Fed sees that the dollar needs support. Federal Reserve Chairman (FRS) Powell: "The global monetary system is undergoing rapid changes that could affect the dollar's international role." The creation of a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) is currently being considered to 'help the international position of the U.S. dollar.' The Fed servers will start operating in February 2023. For years, talk about this remained just talk and often "conspiracy theories", now we see concrete steps to translate all these technocratic plans into reality.

The events in Ukraine are already starting to affect Russian-Chinese trade. "The sharp rise in the dollar exchange rate on the stock exchanges, the closure of trading and the crazy price tag of one hundred rubles per dollar in exchange offices will eventually affect the wallets of ordinary buyers. Even now, Chinese cargo is sending lightning to Russian recipients about the need to buy goods urgently. at the rate of the Central Bank, but at the rate at which dollars can be redeemed in an exchanger," Maksim Spassky, a member of the General Council of the Russian-Asian Union of Industrialists and Manufacturers, told Nakanune.ru. He reports that the Chinese partners are "terrified" because the prices of many goods have already risen very much during the pandemic, and given the further appreciation of the dollar, many goods will become so expensive that we will not be able to buy them at all. On the other hand, companies that work for export will be in the black. For them, dollar revenue will be an incentive for business development. "But if we look at the structure of Russian exports, we will see that 90% of the population will not be affected in any way. Under these conditions, the question arises of the survival of Russian business, of how it should continue to function in general. We still have not won back the losses 2014, and now, if we still sink twice, for example, to 150-160 rubles per dollar, how much will the real purchasing power of the population decrease? Evaluate the actions of the authorities in this situation, I want to say one thing, that we are on the verge of events that we cannot predict," he concluded.

OPEC + Committee Ministers Support Extension of Oil Production Plan for December The ministers of the monitoring committee of the OPEC + countries (JMMC) called for an increase in oil production in December by only 400,000 barrels per day, as planned, sources told Interfax.

Later, a full-format meeting of ministers will take place, after which, at 18:30 GMT, a press conference is scheduled.

In July, amid the recovery in oil demand, the OPEC + countries decided to accelerate the increase in oil production - by 400 thousand barrels per day (b / d). Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, who has expressed concerns that a recovery in demand may be fragile amid the ongoing C0VID-19 pandemic, said not all countries will be able to ramp up supply. And already in August the deal was overfulfilled by 119% (that is, the shortfall to the plan was about 1 million bpd), and in September - by 115% (the shortfall was 0.7 million bpd).

Oil prices are rising steadily and in excess of $ 80 a barrel, pushing fuel prices higher, causing inflation and, as consumers say, hampering economic recovery.

However, while the OPEC + countries ignored these requests - at the previous meeting there was talk of a possible accelerated increase by eight hundred, and not 400 thousand b / d, but in the end the decision was made. Producers, in particular Saudi Arabia, want to make sure that the market needs oil in the long term, because they cannot, once increasing supplies, "turn off the tap" and leave their investments in the ground.

Meanwhile, many experts and market participants are already talking about a persistent lack of investment in oil production, and producers are talking about the need to look at sources of energy other than oil.