Credit

Why CBDCs should never see the light of day

2021-07-202021-07-20
by Tuomas Malinen
Banks, CBDC, Central banks, Credit, Digital currencies, Financial crisis

We have been highly critical of the ‘unorthodox policies’ of… Read More »Why CBDCs should never see the light of day

The long history of money

2021-06-182021-07-17
by Tuomas Malinen
Banks, Central banks, Credit, Federal Reserve, Financial markets, Money

We are approaching a critical turning point in the history… Read More »The long history of money

Is hyperinflation on the horizon?

2021-02-242021-02-24
by Tuomas Malinen
Bonds, Central banks, Credit, Financial crisis, Financial markets, Global depression, Inflation, Recession

From time-to-time historically, national authorities have resorted to financing by… Read More »Is hyperinflation on the horizon?

The second wave of the Coronavirus is here. What next?

2020-10-172020-11-16
by Tuomas Malinen
Central banks, Coronavirus, Credit, Financial crisis, Global depression, Global economy, Recession, Scenarios

In May, we published a Special Report detailing the potential… Read More »The second wave of the Coronavirus is here. What next?

The anatomy of a financial crisis

2020-08-242020-11-12
by Tuomas Malinen
Banks, Central banks, Credit, Crisis Preparation, Financial crisis, Global depression, Preparation

In this blog, we present the anatomy of a financial… Read More »The anatomy of a financial crisis

The approaching European (global) banking crisis

2020-05-222020-11-11
by Tuomas Malinen
Banks, Coronavirus, Credit, Crisis Preparation, Eurozone, Financial crisis, Global depression, Zombie companies

One thing missing from basically all economic analyses of the… Read More »The approaching European (global) banking crisis

Prepper’s Bunker: Coronavirus update II

2020-03-122020-11-11
by Tuomas Malinen
Banks, Bonds, Coronavirus, Credit, English, Financial crisis, Financial markets, Global depression, Global economy

We have been warning about the impending economic crisis since March 2017. Central bankers and Chinese leaders have been able to postpone the onset of the crisis for…

Q-Review 4/2019: Into the Abyss

2019-12-192020-11-11
by Tuomas Malinen
Banks, Bonds, Central banks, China, Credit, English, Global depression, Global economy, Growth forecasts, Recession, Stock market, Zombie companies

The economic calm which has succeeded the turbulent conclusion to 2018 was abruptly shattered on the 16^th of September. On that day, rates in the repo markets spiked by 248 basis points to more than double the overnight lending rate of the…

Recession cometh

2019-03-272020-11-11
by Tuomas Malinen
Bonds, Central banks, China, Credit, English, Global economy, Growth forecasts, Recession, Zombie companies

Errata in the third paragraph (“steepening” -> “flattening”) corrected in 04/08.

Yield curve inversion has spooked the markets. In all honesty, it should not have come as a surprise. After the Federal Reserve pivoted early January and …

Why the global growth model is broken

2019-03-052020-11-11
by Tuomas Malinen
Central banks, Credit, Economic growth, English, Eurozone, Global economy, Growth forecasts, Stock market

For some years now, we’ve been very wary of the legitimacy of the “economic recovery”.