Disinformation Fog Intensifies As Economic Turmoil Develops

``If shipping demand is falling around the world, then demand for goods is falling around the world. If demand for most base goods is falling, then demand is not the cause of our current price spikes. Period... While it is true that world freight fleets are to add 200 new ships, this is not to occur for another year and a half... Are there dangers in world grain output due to weather? Yes, but not enough to warrant a doubling of commodity prices. The REAL concern of agriculturalists, not just in Russia but in many nations, has not been the weather, but the ever expanding costs of production itself! ''