Dr. Rasmus discusses the past week historic Fed rate hike announcement and what it portends for both US and global economy, real growth and financial instability.  What’s driving the rate hikes, both supply and demand, short and long term. What’s likely impact on the US real economy (housing, autos, small business, etc.). Implications for global currencies’ instability and global economies.  Rasmus next discusses she latest of US sanctions on Russia. Are they working? Where and where not? What are Russia’s countermeasures? Are they working? What does it all mean for the major restructuring of the global economy and US imperial hegemony in the months and years immediately ahead.