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The divergence in Chinese inflation is very clear as are the reasons. Energy is the dominant driver of the acceleration in China's producer-price inflation. The October data support that viewpoint: - Fuel and power purchasing prices: +18.6% year-on-year. - Mining producer prices: +27.9%. - Raw-material producer prices: +11.6%. - Overall producer prices: +5.7%. - Consumer prices: just +0.7%. Higher energy prices feed through into electricity, transport, chemicals, refining and other energy-intensive industries. They also raise the cost of producing and transporting intermediate goods. The important distinction is that China is experiencing substantial upstream cost inflation without corresponding downstream consumer-price inflation.

De-Dollarisation reality: Indonesia and China have settled, in terms of their local-currency transaction programme, US$43.9 billion equivalent in the first nine months of 2026. The formal launch of its RMB clearing-bank arrangement is now providing additional institutional support for this rapidly expanding bilateral market between the two nations.

Clown show on steroids: G7 has provided commitments to Ukraine’s 2027 financing requirements. A newly published declaration also called for stronger financial and material support for Ukraine’s energy complex over the winter. However there was no explanation given in terms of the funding allocation required to firm up those commitments.

Chinese people are prolific savers and Western commentators are talking about depressed Chinese consumer loans like it's a problem. It's painful how stupid these people are The debt junkie syndrome in the West has also contributed to their addled brains.

The discussion here shatters the illusion that the West can resolve its myriad of problems with some mathematical re-calibration. NEW: Why The West Has Priced Itself Into Oblivion Link On Our Website: thesiriusreport.com/economic…

Let us do some simple maths: Russia has a trade surplus of nearly $24bn equivalent with China so please explain to me why Moscow would be sending gold to Hong Kong as part of their trade settlement? The simple answer is they won't. If anyone would be settling in gold it would be China. Only as we keep telling you their trade is done in Rubles and Yuan. As confirmed by senior Chinese and Russian officials. As we keep saying, Russia is selling gold via HK to China to pay for its budget deficits in 2026.

Let us be absolutely clear about something. Official statements from both Moscow and Beijing have confirmed that roughly 99.1% of trade transactions between Russia and China are now settled in rubles and yuan. Not in gold. Beijing also confirmed this to me too.

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Indeed and sadly this is the case. If you face doesn't fit you are not allowed to join them. Exactly like the mainstream.

People have very convenient memories of things they implicitly believed to be true only to then be proved to be wholly incorrect. Remember the claims, during the pandemic, that these "elites" where going to keep us locked down forever and that it would be the new normal. Only that didn't become the new normal because life went back to the old normal so in order to cope with the fact they were completely wrong they then convinced themselves that was just a dress rehearsal for another pandemic just around the corner. Remember monkeypox, that was apparently the new pandemic, only it wasn't. Every time there is an outbreak of something anywhere in the world they are immediately sucked into blind panic. The alt media did a number on so many people and fried their minds in the process and they have never recovered. Oh and before the usual people respond with idiotic puerile posts, we never got vaccinated and I am not saying everything was above board during the pandemic. Far from it, but you have to pick the battles you can win with legitimate discourse. The alt media missed a great opportunity to stick to the facts and be a force for change. Only they largely went off-reservation and destroyed opportunities for those of us who could have affected some change. Thanks for that.

Do you know where this idea that these "elites" are deliberately destroying the West came from? It was because for years people made claims that the world was run by these omnipotent beings who could never be defeated. So when the West started unravelling they had to change the narrative otherwise they would have looked like the clowns that they really are. Now it has become an established narrative which is wholly incorrect. As ever be informed, not entertained.

You really ought to listen to this because this is precisely the fate facing the West. Recorded in July 2025: youtube.com/watch?v=6vGRLKM4…

A salient lesson in why minimum wage ends up being disastrous for everyone concerned. My hairdresser is astute and we have conversations about geopolitics, economics and finance. A few years ago she was telling me how in the Netherlands that due to the lower levels of pay, it was increasingly getting difficult to attract people into that profession. The Dutch government told hairdressers that they needed to significantly hike salaries to attract people into the profession. The outcome was highly predictable. The hike in salaries meant the costs had to be passed onto their clients. My hairdresser is now having to lay off staff as the client base has been decimated due to the fact they can't afford the massive hike in the price to get their hair cut. Multiple this across the entire business and services sector and then you can see another reason why the West is heading for oblivion.

Clown show on steroids: Trump is winning again. Russia's diesel exports have doubled since sanctions were removed. However a sum total of nothing has arrived in the US. The Agioi Fanendes, which is carrying 40,000 tonnes of Russian diesel, remains off the U.S. coast with no discharge port finalised. Other vessels with U.S. destinations have changed course with additional cargoes returning to Russia’s established customers in Brazil and Turkey.

US tech companies opening data centres in China is going to happen: China is now permitting foreign-owned data centres. Its pilot programme has removed foreign ownership caps for certain telecommunications services, including internet data centres, in designated areas of Beijing, Shanghai, Hainan and Shenzhen. In June 2026, the Chinese government reported that 166 foreign-invested enterprises had received approvals under the broader programme.

You have to admire the childlike naivety of Westerners who imagine that China and Russia aren't obfuscating when it comes to publishing transaction data with each other. Bless them, mind you they can console themselves with the fact that Father Christmas is real and the moon is made of cheese.

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