European indices are down 2% or more - trading data
The main reasons are the suspension of Nord Stream and weak data on business
activity.
Gas prices in Europe jumped by 30 percent because of the suspension of the JV.
Politics
Ministry of Finance and Central Bank advocated the legalization of cross-border payments in cryptocurrency - Frank Media
Cryptocurrency settlements will partially help replace international SWIFT
transfers.
However, do not get too excited: legalization of transfers means control over
transactions by the state. This is the official position of regulators. It is
still unknown to what extent the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank will
regulate this
EU inflation in August +9.1% vs +8.9% in July, forecast 9%
The month-on-month change is +0.5% vs. +0.1% in July and expected +0.4%.
Eurozone bond yields are making new highs.
The probability of ECB rate increase by 0.75% is increasing.
A more aggressive ECB policy increases the chances of a recession.
Mosbirzha will launch trading of Uzbek sum, - press release
Since September 12, the currency pair Uzbek sum - Russian ruble will be
available for trading on the spot market and for swap overnight deals.
Earlier Mosbirzha launched trade in Armenian dram and South African rand. The
Exchange plans to launch 10-15 new currency pairs.
Yandex benefited from the asset swap with VK
The company exchanged assets with VK. Yandex will get Delivery Club, while VK
will get Yandex Zen and Yandex News.
Yandex now owns the two largest food delivery services. Service Yandex and
Delivery Club occupy about a quarter of the market of delivery of ready-made
food.
And the delivery market
German company announces plans to build first LNG pipeline to German gas grid - Gascade
By the end of the year the company plans to build a pipeline several hundred
meters long. The pipeline will make it possible to connect the floating storage
regasification unit to land.
40% of Russians can't save money, VTsIOM poll
44% of Russians spend first on current needs and then save. Only 14% save first
and then spend. The rest have insufficient funds.
Those who do save save save, save in cash rubles (22%), place it on a time
deposit (19%) or a checking account (12%), and invest it in
Apple enters the virtual reality segment - Bloomberg
The company has applied for registration of three trademarks: Reality Pro,
Reality One, and Reality Processor.
Apple plans to introduce its first AR headset as early as next year.
Zuckerberg admits for the first time to censorship on Facebook*, - interview with Joe Rogan
Zuckerberg confirmed that during the 2020 election, the social network
restricted the release of compromising articles about Joe Biden's son, but did
not completely ban it, unlike Twitter.
Mark stated that the FBI came to him and said, "Just in case, we're letting you
know
Norway refuses to help EU in resolving energy crisis - Norwegian publication E24
Since August, Norway has been ahead of Russia in gas supplies to the EU.
However, Norway does not intend to interfere in pricing and will supply gas at
spot prices, - Norwegian Energy Minister Terje Åsland.
Åsland added that the EU itself has abandoned long-term gas contracts in favor
of