@calxandr Is there a role for Canada to play in attempting to win Brazilian cooperation on sanctions on sugar export? Who in Canada would attempt this?
The upshot is boycott #oil and other #energy from #Russia. Tracking variables like a financial condition index are important to see if the economic measures being applied work. Quick explanation of the concept of a financial condition index below
Financial condition index is like the more standardized monetary condition index but uses variables such as currency price and asset price to make up the shortage of some conventional variables such as money supply and interest rate
Financial condition indices are usually proprietary and selection of appropriate variables requires consideration. The federal reserve prepares a US national FCI and analysts such as those at Goldman Sachs prepares various international FCIs
Thread on estimates of #Russia and #Ukraine losses compared to committed and total forces, using RU and UKR claims along with the best available #OSINT estimates
Interpretation
All approximations. Some sources update. Data taken March 19, 10 am EST. Not an expert. Biases exist in data sources. OSINT source relies on photo evidence and is an undercount. Local reporting is believed to report a smaller % of UKR losses. OSINT BDA has backlog