{"id":155052,"date":"2022-02-28T15:45:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T14:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=155052"},"modified":"2022-02-28T15:46:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T14:46:35","slug":"ukraine-us-bans-transactions-with-russian-central-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/28\/ukraine-us-bans-transactions-with-russian-central-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine: US bans transactions with Russian central bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States of America has banned all US transactions with Russia\u2019s central bank effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p>This was made known on Monday by the Treasury Department\u00a0as it unveiled an unprecedented sanction to further punish Moscow for invading Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis action effectively immobilizes any assets of the Central Bank of the\u00a0Russian Federation\u00a0held in the United States or by US persons, wherever located,\u201d the Treasury said of the measure taken in coordination with Western allies.<\/p>\n<p>It will severely limit\u00a0Russia\u2019s ability to defend the ruble and prop up its economy.<\/p>\n<p>This new move, along with others taken by US allies, will make it hard for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/28\/peace-talks-ukraine-lists-demands-wants-russian-soldiers-withdrawn\/\">Russian<\/a> central bank to use its vast reserves of hard currency to buy rubles.<\/p>\n<p>Transactions to defend the ruble, which is now plummeting, \u201cwill no longer be possible and fortress\u00a0Russia\u00a0will be exposed,\u201d said a senior administration official.<\/p>\n<p>The official said the package of coordinated sanctions will create a \u201cvicious feedback loop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInflation is very likely to spike. 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