“It’s possible to have more than one reserve currency.”
These are the recent words of Jerome Powell, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve.
It’s a stunning admission from the one person who has the most control over the US dollar, the current world reserve currency.
It would be as ridiculous as Mike Tyson saying that it’s possible to have more than one heavyweight champion.
In other words, the jig is up.
Not even the Chairman of the Federal Reserve can go along with the farce of maintaining the dollar’s supremacy anymore… and neither should you. (This has profound consequences for you and your savings, more on that in a moment.)
Powell’s comments occur in the context of what could prove to be one of the most short-sighted and self-destructive acts in history… the US government’s economic war against Russia.
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the US government has launched its most aggressive sanctions campaign ever.
Exceeding even Iran and North Korea, Russia is now the most sanctioned nation in the world.
“This is financial nuclear war and the largest sanctions event in history,” said Peter Piatetsky, a former Treasury Department official.
He went on to say, “Russia went from being part of the global economy to the single largest target of global sanctions and a financial pariah in less than two weeks.”
Here’s a brief rundown of what has happened.
The US and European governments froze the US dollar and euro reserves of Russia—the accumulated savings of the nation—worth around $300 billion.
Russian banks have been kicked out of SWIFT, the system to send international wire transfers.
A stampede of Western companies have left Russia and are banning average Russian citizens from using their platforms.
Popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase blocked over 25,000 accounts linked to Russia.
Visa, MasterCard, and American Express have cut off Russia from their networks.
Even formerly neutral Switzerland joined the orgy of sanctions.
These are just a few examples of how Russia is being cut off from the US-dominated global financial system.
Of course, all this comes as no surprise to the Russians. They have prepared for this exact outcome for many years together with China. The Chinese Communist Party understands that if the US can take down Putin, they will be next. That’s why the Chinese are unlikely to abandon their strategic partnership with Russia.
So, instead of capitulating to US pressure, Russia immediately implemented alternatives to bypass the US dollar and US-controlled financial institutions.
Russia and China have alternatives to SWIFT to facilitate international financial transactions.
After US credit card companies blacklisted anything to do with Russia from their systems, Russian banks seamlessly switched much of their payment processing to China UnionPay.
UnionPay is China’s alternative global payment processing network.
It works just like Visa, MasterCard, or American Express, except it doesn’t depend on the US government’s good graces. It can operate independently of the US financial system.
China UnionPay is growing rapidly worldwide. Merchants and ATMs in over 140 countries accept it. It’s now one of the largest payment processors in the world.
Further, China, India, Iran, and Turkey, among other countries, announced, or already are, doing business with Russia in their local currencies instead of the US dollar. These countries represent a market of over three billion people that no longer need to use the US dollar to trade with one another.
All of this is a big problem for the US government, which reaps an enormous amount of power because the US dollar is the world’s premier reserve currency. It allows the US to print fake money out of thin air and export it to the rest of the world for real goods and services—a privilege no other country has.
It also gives Uncle Sam tremendous leverage to pressure people and businesses alike… but only if it is not clumsily used as a blunt instrument that instead fosters the development of alternatives. But that’s precisely what is happening.
By isolating Russia and its trading partners, the US government incentivizes almost half of mankind to find alternatives to the dollar.
In other words, they are undermining their own racket and promoting de-dollarization on an unprecedented scale.
When relatively small countries like North Korea, Syria, and Iran are cut off from the dollar, it’s one thing. However, it’s a different dynamic when the billions of people represented by Russia, China, and their friends stop using the dollar.
Here’s the bottom line.
These historical events are unfolding rapidly and could soon reach a tipping point.
Recent developments in the gold market are the giant flashing red sign that something big could be imminent.
As part of their strategy to insulate themselves from US sanctions, Russia has accumulated over 2,300 tonnes—or nearly 74 million troy ounces—of gold, one of the largest stashes in the world.
All of that gold—worth over $140 billion as of writing—is held in Russia, which means the US cannot touch it short of a military invasion.
In addition, the gold mining industry in Russia makes up around 10% of global output or approximately $20 billion per year. Most of that gold finds its way into the Russian government’s treasury.
Russia’s gold is a big deal because it gives them access to an apolitical neutral form of money with no counterparty risk.
Remember, gold has been mankind’s most enduring form of money for over 2,500 years because of unique characteristics that make it suitable to store and exchange value.
Gold is durable, divisible, consistent, convenient, scarce, and most important, it’s the “hardest” of all commodities.
In other words, gold is the one commodity that is the “hardest to produce” (relative to existing stockpiles) and, therefore, the most resistant to inflation.
That’s why gold represents a genuine monetary alternative to the US dollar, and Russia has a lot of it.
Russia can use that gold to engage in international trade and perhaps back the ruble.
Russia’s gold—along with China’s—could form the foundation of a new monetary system outside of the control of the US.
Such moves would be the final nail in the coffin of dollar dominance, and recent events suggest they could be imminent.
It seems that the US and their allies sense that Russia is about to make a move in this area. It would be a logical next step for Russia because they have already been cut off from the Western financial systems and had hundreds of billions in funds frozen.
In other words, Russia has nothing to lose and everything to gain by playing the gold card.
It would seem the US and its allies know this, which is why they have taken unprecedented measures to try to target Russia’s gold reserves.
Recently, they have kicked Russia out of the London Bullion Market Association. Also, a group of US senators introduced a bill that aims to sanction anyone buying or selling Russian gold.
Those measures will have little effect on Russia’s ability to interact with the enormous Asian and Middle Eastern markets, which are less likely to follow unilateral US sanctions.
In any case, it is clear that the US dollar’s days of unchallenged dominance are quickly coming to an end—something even the Fed Chairman openly admits.
That means we are likely on the cusp of a historic financial earthquake…
One that could alter that direction of the US forever and mark the biggest economic event of our lifetimes.
The moves to target Russia’s gold reserves—and the surging gold price—suggest it could be imminent.
Editor’s Note: Most people have no idea what really happens when a currency collapses, let alone how to prepare…
Owning gold is essential.
But there’s more to do to make sure your wealth doesn’t get wiped out in the coming financial tidal wave.
How will you protect your savings in the event of a currency crisis?
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Gold is honest money………
Hey, John, I thought Bitcoin was the big thing! /s
Putin’s Purge of the Rothschild Money Changers
By 2006 Putin had paid off Russia’s debt to the Rothschilds. Russia’s financial dependence on the Jewish financiers was now over. Putin could then establish what became his Russian Unity Party’s 2007 campaign slogan: Putin’s Plan Means Victory For Russia! This slogan continues to make the New World Order Jews very nervous…
PUTIN WINS THE BATTLE FOR OIL OVER THE ROTHSCHILDS
In 1995, Khordorkovsky bought Yukos Oil for $350 million. He became one of the world’s richest men with a personal worth of at least $1 billion. In October of 2003 Khordorkovsky was arrested for embezzlement.
As most wealthy Jews who use their financial power to subvert their host nation, Khordorkovsky set himself up as a critic of Putin’s efforts to unite Russia politically, culturally, and spiritually. Khordorkovsky spent millions of dollars to overthrow Putin by funding “democratic reforming parties” by which Jews take control of their host nation.
PUTIN’S PLAN TO UNITE RUSSIA
The Khazarian Club despise a nation committed to Christianity. Vladimir Putin, now in full control of Russia as Prime Minister, wishes to build a strong Christian nation. In a televised Christmas message on January 7 2008 Putin said:
— “The Russian Orthodox Church contributes to the promotion of moral values in society. One should not completely draw a line between the culture and the church. Of course by law in our country the church is separate from the state. But in the soul and the history of our people it’s all together. It always has been and always will be.”
What a gem of an article. There is a story out there that Trump had a talk with Putin about the NWO global cabal. Trump asked Putin what he knew about it. Putin gave Trump a soccer ball for his son. Supposedly the information was in there. I see this war as a battle of Russia versus the NWO. All of the sanctions put on by governments and the corporations show this is 100 % true.
Here is a gem from Lew Rockwell. CIA funded the first WEF through Kissinger, who was a mentor for Klaus Shwab.
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Have they nationalized the Russian Central Bank? Because if not, nothing has changed.
Edit:
https://www.bloombergquint.com/opinion/putin-s-under-the-radar-nationalization-of-russia-s-private-banks
Answering my own question.
China has twice as much gold as they acknowledge. The author thinks the same is true for Russia. They are at or near the place they don’t need worthless paper called money from the west.
It seems to me that instead of isolating Russia further, most of the sanctions are actually isolating fUSA.
I read over a week ago (Thursday) that Russia had announced it would be transitioning to a gold-backed economy. And the next day, India started investing in the ruble as their reserve currency. So it would seem that your prediction was already in the works. As an aside I would like to remind people that Gaddafi and Hussein also tried to return their nations to a gold-backed economy and soon after the US invaded and killed them for it. Obviously they can’t manage to do that in Russia, but open war at this point still appears to be guaranteed, for when the US dollar loses its supremacy then the US economy implodes and the corporation that calls itself a nation declares bankruptcy.
Great summary. I have just one question – and it’s a question I ask at least 12 times a day: do the globalists have some deep Machiavellian plan, or are they just stupid?
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Their plan is to simply completely destroy our current political, social, economic and financial systems nationally and worldwide to build back better out of chaos.
How’s their destruction phase working out so far?
Bible answer: The bible tells of a one world money system, government and church. Build back better is the forerunner of this system. (my opinion) Since two different systems are not possible, the old one needs to go away. We are in the very beginning of the destruction of the old system. The new system must needs be electronic to be able for the antichrist to do what prophesy says. (now my speculation) The system is in place but not working as expected (surprise). The man of sin (the antichrist) comes on the scene and has the answers to make the system work. He will then be revered, his stated goal. Remember, the antichrist is a man that the Devil himself has entered, the Devil incarnate. This is a mix of bible truth and my opinion how it may happen. Details may be corrected as this thing progresses.
Bill Gates is the false prophet. I’ve been saying that for a long time.
The basic idea is total control of every aspect of your life through a digital money system. This includes a social credit system where they can give or take money from anyone who doesn’t follow the agenda, and it also includes transhumanist agenda of making us all/or part machine. Yes. It’s really f*****up. Yes, it’s hard to believe. But companies like Microsoft already have many of the patents.
I just ran across this….
Worldwide Social Credit Industry – Infrastructure to Support Social Credit Systems Represents a $16.1 Billion Opportunity by 2026
Social credit systems represent the ability to identify (mostly people but also some “things”) and track activities for purposes of grading behaviors and applying “social credit” scoring. A given grading/scoring methodology depends largely on social credit system objectives and metrics.
However, most systems will have socially acceptable behaviour at their core…
This means that systems will ultimately be used for a variety of commerce and lifestyle-related issues ranging from risk assessment (access to credit, financing fees, insurance, etc.) to accessibility within public places such as concerts, sporting events, and other assemblies. High social scoring individuals within the social credit market will be granted preferred access to both real and digital assets.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/worldwide-social-credit-industry-infrastructure-131500901.html
The socially acceptable behavior will be to stone anyone not following the libtard narrative.
Yes.
“When relatively small countries like North Korea, Syria, and Iran are cut off from the dollar, it’s one thing. ”
Also happens to be a list of most of the countries without a western associated central bank
https://educateinspirechange.org/3-countries-world-without-rothschild-central-bank/
Once countries move away from SWIFT, that reduces western CB control, weakening the dollar monopoly.
When China and Russia unveil their gold backed currencies, that will be the last blow.
The dollar would appear to need to be removed from the world stage. The old makes way for the new.
Who do these piss ants think they are telling me when and where to spend my money? This Powell clown. Michael Jackson was a better economist than this guy. The US government is run on stupidity, not oil. They want you to run around in electric cars knowing full well the electrical grid cannot support the million of charging stations. Maybe they will make rubber band driven cars available.
The dollar is going down – and soon. Look up Operation Sandman.
ADMIN, this to you and HSF.
Grant Williams and Luke Gromen discussion on: Gold / Oil / USD / Russia and the big changes.
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-y2e9u-11ccab3?utm_campaign=w_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=w_share