The petrodollar has ended. Get ready for massive inflation.
The warnings came first two years ago in August.
For the last 50 years, the petrodollar was in place. Big oil made its transactions in USD. Then a two years ago, Russia and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement that likely went beyond the military and defense cooperation they claimed. The agreement likely removed the two countries from their relationship with the dollar.
Met with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu to explore ways to strengthen the military and defense cooperation between our two countries. We discussed our common endeavor to preserve stability and security in the region, and reviewed shared challenges facing our countries. pic.twitter.com/T7lVdITZPt
— Khalid bin Salman خالد بن سلمان (@kbsalsaud) August 23, 2021
Here was our report at The Gateway Pundit.
Today the Fed’s Bill Dudley wrote at the Washington Post:
One site on the Net says that the petrodollar is officially dead.
51 years of the PetroDollar died yesterday. Literally.
BRICS expanded yesterday to include 6 new, important members.Oil powers Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been invited to become members of the BRICS group of developing nations in its first expansion in over a decade.
Also invited are Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and Argentina, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Thursday as he wrapped up the annual summit of the group in Johannesburg.
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said the kingdom was awaiting details from the BRICS group on the nature of the membership, and would take an “appropriate decision” accordingly.
All six countries invited had already expressed an interest in joining. The BRICS group currently includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
“The membership will take effect from the first of January, 2024,” Ramaphosa said.