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- snip - Reuters, Euronews, ForeignPolicy.com
Garbage in(*), Garbage out(**).
* clownish western mainstream rag [H|C]opium.
** of your pie-hole.
Of course, when the message does not suit your narrative you attack the source and if that is not possible attack the messenger... we all know the drill here.
But while in other cases you can argue about the sources, claim that I am whatever Zionthing or the like, this is the official interest rate which is an objective measure. It is public and you can check it in any source of you choice and you can compare it with other countries. Same with Ruble to USD parity, etc...
You can also see the industry leader's opinions in Ruzzian controlled media. They have said it very publicly.