The Russian invasion of Ukraine made everyone nervous, upending trade patterns for exporting countries like New Zealand
- Written by Olga Dodd, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Auckland University of Technology

Uncertainty in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has wreaked havoc with the international commodity markets.
In the normal pattern of the global economy, commodity exporting countries like New Zealand benefit from a rise in commodity prices and the subsequent strengthening of their currencies.
But these are not normal...