The beginning of the end for Ukraine?

Nickolai Hubble

12 August 2022

Winter is coming and Europe is short on gas. How much longer will people put up with Russian sanctions?

Nigel Farage and I suspect not long, given a subtle change we’ve detected in the news…

What would an end to Russian sanctions mean for inflation, energy prices, financial markets and geopolitics?

And what’s the British government going to do about the coming bill shock which the energy crisis has morphed into?

It’s not just Europe that is seeing a surprising shift. In the United States, inflation hit 0% month-over-month!

Is the inflation crisis over?

Find out in this Week in Review…

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