Rabobank: There Are Whispers Of A Shift To Physical Commodities Being Used As Trade Settlement

• Rabobank: There Are Whispers Of A Shift To Physical Commodities Being Used As Trade Settlement
  by Michael Every of Rabobank, https://www.zerohedge.com/
  … Many were sure it was “transitory inflation”, but even Jeff Bezos is Tweeting the White House wanted to spend trillions more dollars than they have been able to, in which case inflation would be even higher than it is now. There is broad agreement that Friday’s dead-cat-bounce in markets in no way captures the real mood music. As such, some now think the tune is “more new normal”, as Fed Chair Powell talks about 50bp hikes in both June and July, while not ruling out a possible recession, suggesting rates will have to come back down again.
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  Think similarly as the G7 warns of 43 million people going hungry if Russia won’t stop its blockade of the Black Sea, which it won’t. That seems an undercount given recent surveys in even Western countries talking about 2 in 7 people facing some form of hunger, and a surge in the use of food banks. Worse, India just halted exports of wheat, or will only sell to those in real need, which injects another layer of (geo)politics into commodities trading.
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  Likewise, as commodities surge, have been weaponised, and are talked of as backing a ‘new world order’, there are also whispers of a shift to physical commodities being used as trade settlement. Cargoes are still priced in US dollars but, allegedly, de facto barter is already taking place to circumvent the global dollar system and any potential Western sanctions.
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