Special report on surviving the economic collapse
The coronavirus has delivered a devastating blow to a fragile… Read More »Special report on surviving the economic collapse
Financial crisis
Euro, markka and the exports of Finland
There has been a lively debate on the effect of… Read More »Euro, markka and the exports of Finland
The approaching European (global) banking crisis
One thing missing from basically all economic analyses of the… Read More »The approaching European (global) banking crisis
The economic end scenarios of the Covid-19 pandemic
Since we first warned about the dire impact of the… Read More »The economic end scenarios of the Covid-19 pandemic
Financial markets are becoming unhinged
The massive emergency easing measures enacted by the Fed over the weekend to inject liquidity into the global financial system are a sign of sheer panic. Both their sheer scale, and radical extent–including cutting rates to zero, $700 billion in new…
Coronavirus and the world economy
The outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic in China has shaken the global asset markets—and with good reason.
The coronavirus has the potential of being the ‘trigger’ which will push the world into a global depression. Here, we briefly explain why.
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The end of the ‘Chinese Miracle’
We have been following China closely for nearly four years. We first warned about the unsustainability of China’s growth in March 2017 and have continued to issue w…
Q-Review 4/2019: Into the Abyss
The economic calm which has succeeded the turbulent conclusion to 2018 was abruptly shattered on the 16th 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…
Repo-market turmoil: staring into the financial abyss?
One thing has been bothering us for six years. How can so many economists and economic commentators dismiss the ever-increasing market meddling of central banks so lightly?
The first time we warned about this possible threat to financial markets w…