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Yellen: Russia invasion will have 'enormous repercussions'
AP via Yahoo ^ | April 6th, 2022 | FATIMA HUSSEIN

Posted on 04/06/2022 9:48:17 AM PDT by Mariner

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned a House panel Wednesday that Russia’s aggression in Eastern Europe will have "enormous economic repercussions in Ukraine and beyond.”

“Globally, spillovers from the crisis are heightening economic vulnerabilities in many countries that are already facing higher debt burdens and limited policy options as they recover from COVID-19," Yellen said in remarks to the House Financial Services Committee. They were part of her annual testimony on the state of the international financial system.

Yellen said Russia's invasion “including the atrocities committed against innocent Ukrainians in Bucha, are reprehensible, represent an unacceptable affront to the rules-based global order, and will have enormous economic repercussions for the world.”

Her remarks also touched on the need for food and energy security and debt sustainability globally, and included a request for Congress to provide support to the International Monetary Fund and World Bank organizations, which have provided grants and humanitarian funds financing to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable.

The United States and Western allies have imposed an avalanche of sanctions against Russia in the first weeks of the war and administration officials in recent days have put more focus on closing loopholes that Russia might try to use to circumvent them.

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Her assertion is not true. It's the sanctions that will hit home to every person on the planet, excepting the very rich. Taking Ukraine offline is minor compared to taking BOTH Russia and Ukraine offline. Substantial pain awaits us all. So that DC and NATO can pursue their political goals in a backwater county that is totally disconnected from any and every real interest of the US.
1 posted on 04/06/2022 9:48:17 AM PDT by Mariner
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I want to know who woke her up!


2 posted on 04/06/2022 9:49:48 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Mariner

SO DOES the INVASION of liberalism into our country


3 posted on 04/06/2022 9:51:05 AM PDT by Paul46360 (What??ME worry?)
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will have "enormous economic repercussions in Ukraine and beyond.”

thanks Captain Obvious!

4 posted on 04/06/2022 9:51:32 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Mariner

Getting a head start on the cause of a possible recession. Russia Russia Russia.


5 posted on 04/06/2022 9:53:05 AM PDT by Vinnie ( L g Brandon)
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To: Vinnie

The “recession” (depression) comes after the inflationary explosion.


6 posted on 04/06/2022 9:54:33 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

Meanwhile the Mexican invasion continues without a mention from Janet.


7 posted on 04/06/2022 9:55:30 AM PDT by hflynn ( )
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So, when is she going to acknowledge that, Biden ‘winning’ the election is going to have major repercussions to the U.S. economy and to the world?

But, it’s all Trump’s fault, for ‘losing’ the election.


8 posted on 04/06/2022 10:04:09 AM PDT by adorno
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To: Mariner

Even if she spoke truth — even if —- how do remarks from her help anything?


9 posted on 04/06/2022 10:08:16 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They’re excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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Here is a warning from Richard Nixon. No, the problem is not economic problems from boycotting Russia it is Russia itself.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/why-nixons-prediction-about-putin-and-ukraine-matters-opinion/ar-AAUSCVM


10 posted on 04/06/2022 10:13:50 AM PDT by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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It's the sanctions that will hit home to every person on the planet

Yes. As with COVID, the "thing" isn't actually a huge problem. The government reaction has much more serious negative effects.

Now, one might possibly argue that sanctions against Putin are a good thing, and well justified. That doesn't alter the fact: Russia going into Ukraine doesn't create an energy crisis, nor a fertilizer crisis. But the sanctions do.

11 posted on 04/06/2022 10:21:23 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's hard to "Believe all women" when judges say "I don't know what a woman is".)
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To: amnestynone

You agree with Monica Crowley that the economic problem is not sanctions, but Russia itself.


12 posted on 04/06/2022 10:21:55 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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“a backwater county that is totally disconnected from any and every real interest of the US. “

You could have said what’s going on in the Ukraine is a “quarrel in a far away country, between people of whom we know nothing”.


13 posted on 04/06/2022 10:28:01 AM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
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“quarrel in a far away country, between people of whom we know nothing”

Chamberlain and the British knew far, far more about the Germans and the Czechs than even the top 10% of Americans know about Ukraine and Russia.

So, YES, his admonition fits in this case.

Of course you would have everyone believe there is no difference between the Nazis of Germany and the Russians of today.

Because you’re either stupid, or, attempting to deceive.


14 posted on 04/06/2022 10:34:01 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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The consequences are forever. For example:

Insurance for tankers. Lloyds is refusing to insure Russian oil. Chinese insurance companies are insuring it. And after the war, that business won’t return to Lloyds. It is gone forever.

The US is trying to given Iran whatever it wants to get its oil back online and prices down pre election. Part of the Iranian requirement is permanent removal of some sanctions on banks that they use to receive payment. That removal would affect Russian banks, because Iran uses them. That is the only present obstacle. Israel rages that Iran is on he verge of having no sanctions. It has led Saudi Arabia to say . . . the US won’t even support Israel vs Iran, why would we ever think they will support us? This is forever.

PetroChina has replaced Exxon and Chevron developing the Kara Sea oil fields, as well as far eastern Siberia. That is forever. Exxon and Chevron will never be invited back. The rebuttal is always “they don’t have the skillsets”. The counter rebuttal, “any skill we don’t have can be hired for steep price out of Houston. Petrochina will hire them to avoid any problems with Russia sanctions.” This is forever. The skills are never lost.


15 posted on 04/06/2022 10:36:54 AM PDT by Owen
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The invasion of the US by illegal aliens will have bigger repercussions.


16 posted on 04/06/2022 10:42:32 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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Yeah, the Biden Crime Mob has lost millions with Hunter’s crap goes on.


17 posted on 04/06/2022 10:43:48 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (Free Will. GOD gives you the choice I accept or reject Him! Choose Him. It depends on you.)
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Yellen: Russia invasion will have 'enormous repercussions'

Yuck Fellen.

18 posted on 04/06/2022 10:43:51 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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Putin's fault™
19 posted on 04/06/2022 10:44:15 AM PDT by mykroar (There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. - Sun Tzu)
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Printing trillions of dollars will ALSO have “enormous repercussions,” YellenIdiot, hello!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!


20 posted on 04/06/2022 10:45:33 AM PDT by cranked
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