Highly likely that global markets are at the cusp of succumbing to Crisis Dynamics, which will be especially difficult to shake this time around.

via creditbubblebulletin: Global “Risk Off” gathers momentum by the week. Crisis Dynamics fester, as global central banks coalesce around a united front for battling inflation. The reality that central bankers will aggressively hike rates until something breaks has begun to sink …

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The Global Energy Crunch

by Charles Hugh-Smith If we insist on doing the transition the hard, slow, costly way rather than the easy, fast, cheap way, it’s going to be a needlessly arduous, soul-crushing slog. Let’s cover a few common-sense points and ask a …

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Crisis2022: “With this much global debt accumulation, vulnerabilities in risk markets and crypto, fragilities in China’s property market, heightened geopolitical tensions, pandemic uncertainty, and sovereign credit risk in Europe, we’re not short of potential catalysts.”

ANZ’s economists have labelled the New Zealand property market “a deflated bouncy castle”. In their latest Property Focus report, issued on Thursday, they said it was time for a “reality check” as house prices tumbled from the “ridiculously” and “giddying” …

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