The age of confusion

- Everything is changing at great speed - Many certainties are falling away - Gold hits a nearly two-month high - Mexico commits not to export oil - Argentine inflation to reach 50.3% by 2021 - Supply problems find no relief - Freight rates and port congestion fall - Concerns about shortages reach Spain - Prophecies predict EU dissolution by 2022 - Tower of Babel represented the sin of pride - Russia closes all milk and meat reception points - Mexico commits to stop exporting oil to the US - Afghan economy falls apart with Taliban in power - Food prices hit highest level in a decade - Ethiopia is on the brink of a full-scale war and capital in danger - China’s huge dollar surplus unnerves markets - Quantum financial system will not eliminate banknotes and coins - Treasure hunters seek world’s largest haul in Finland