The crooked world that needs fixing and it is possible. Stability and fairness are the Vedic traits, there is no need for sever fluctuations or excessive inflation, intercontinental trading can be just and fair when the self evident truth of the equality of all beings before Divinity is fully realised and acted upon .
The Vedic way is to create free market economics with the intelligentsia legislating against encroachment and crooked unfair dealing that the uncultured accepts as the norm .Such persons have created the mess below …and more ..Trickle-down economics and greed need calling out as immoral and unjust , it is not “fair game ” ..
Most of below tries to justify the unjustifiable.
” Commodities and currencies fluctuate due to a mix of macroeconomic shifts and market manipulation. While broad economic forces generally establish long-term price trends, deliberate profiteering by large institutions can trigger sharp, short-term market spikes or crashes.
🌐 1. External Economic Forces (The Foundations)
The fundamental prices of commodities and currencies are driven by global supply, demand, and government policies.
- Macroeconomic Data: Inflation rates, unemployment numbers, and GDP growth directly dictate a country’s currency value. High inflation typically weakens a currency.
- Geopolitical Events: Wars, trade disputes, and sanctions disrupt supply chains. For example, conflict in the Middle East can instantly cause global oil prices to surge.
- Central Bank Policies: Interest rate decisions by entities like the Federal Reserve or the Bank of England are primary drivers of currency strength. Higher interest rates generally attract foreign capital, strengthening the domestic currency.
- Weather and Natural Disasters: Agricultural commodities (like wheat, coffee, and corn) are highly vulnerable to droughts, floods, and freezes, which drastically reduce supply and drive up prices.
💰 2. Deliberate Profiteering (The Market Drivers)
While regular economic forces create the environment, institutional traders, hedge funds, and large corporations frequently exploit or engineer price movements for profit.
- Speculation and Futures Markets: Institutional investors don’t just buy commodities to use them; they buy them to trade them. Massive speculative buying can create artificial demand, driving prices far above their actual physical value.
- Market Manipulation (Spoofing & Cartels):
• Spoofing: Traders place large orders they intend to cancel before execution to create a false impression of market demand, tricking others into buying or selling.
• Cartels: Groups like OPEC explicitly coordinate oil production levels to control global supply and keep prices within a preferred, profitable range. - Currency Interventions & Devaluation: Governments and central banks sometimes deliberately devalue their own currency to make their exports cheaper and more competitive globally, shifting the balance of trade intentionally.
- Short Squeezes: Large financial entities can identify heavily shorted assets (bets that the price will fall) and aggressively buy them up, forcing short-sellers to buy back their positions at a loss, sending the price skyrocketing.”
